"Ain't No One Here But Us Social Forces": Constructing the Professional Responsibility of Engineers

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-34

  Davis, Michael ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Causation; Engineer; Liability; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; HUMAN; MORALITY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TECHNOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84856707846     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-010-9225-3     Document Type: Article

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