Meta-Regulation and Nanotechnologies: The Challenge of Responsibilisation Within the European Commission's Code of Conduct for Responsible Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Research

NanoEthics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-68

  Dorbeck Jung, Bärbel ^a   Shelley Egan, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European Commission Code of Conduct for Responsible Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Research; Meta regulation; Responsibilisation; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876927393     PISSN: 18714757     EISSN: 18714765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-013-0172-8     Document Type: Article

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