Ethical Issues in Engineering Models: An Operations Researcher's Reflections

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 539-552

  Kleijnen, J ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case studies; Code of conduct; Ethics; Games; Model validity; Norms and values; Stakeholders; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; WAR; WHISTLEBLOWING;

CODES OF ETHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; ECONOMICS; ENGINEERING; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL VALUES; UNCERTAINTY; WAR; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 80053330242     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-010-9215-5     Document Type: Article

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