The implications of academic dishonesty in undergraduate engineering on professional ethical behavior

Examining the Confluence of Environmental and Water Concerns - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Carpenter, D D ^a   Harding, T S ^b   Finelli, C J ^c  

^a Lawrence Technological Univ   (United States)

^b KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Undergraduate study

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY; ACADEMIC INTEGRITY; COLLEGE STUDENTS; ENGINEERING EDUCATORS; ETHICAL BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGHER EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES; UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING; UNDERGRADUATE STUDY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH; WATER RESOURCES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84855160992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40856(200)341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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