Mind the Gap: Formal Ethics Policies and Chemical Scientists’ Everyday Practices in Academia and Industry

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 176-198

  Smith Doerr, Laurel ^a   Vardi, Itai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; governance; labor; politics; power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922793102     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243914557950     Document Type: Article

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