Upon Opening the Black Box and Finding It Full: Exploring the Ethics in Design Practices

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 389-420

  Steen, Marc ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

design; ethics; reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928521666     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243914547645     Document Type: Article

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