Good computing: A pedagogically focused model of virtue in the practice of computing (part 2)

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 284-316

  Huff, Chuck ^a   Barnard, Laura ^b   Frey, William ^c  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Ethics; Personality; Psychology; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993111658     PISSN: 1477996X     EISSN: 17588871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14779960810921114     Document Type: Article

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