A Quantitative Perspective on Ethics in Large Team Science

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 923-945

  Petersen, Alexander M ^a   Pavlidis, Ioannis ^b   Semendeferi, Ioanna ^c  

^a IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Science of science; Team science; Team science ethics; Team science evaluation; Team science management

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COOPERATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENCE; TEACHER; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTORS; MORALS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRTUES;

EID: 84912045127     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-014-9562-8     Document Type: Article

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