An examination of student experiences related to engineering ethics: Initial findings

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sutkus, Janel ^a   Carpenter, Donald ^b   Finelli, Cynthia ^c   Harding, Trevor ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lawrence Technological Univ   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering ethics; Focus groups; Interviews; Survey development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029038736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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