Examining the underlying motivations of engineering undergraduates to behave unethically

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Harding, Trevor ^a,e   Finelli, Cynthia ^b,f,g   Carpenter, Donald ^c,h,i   Mayhew, Matthew ^d  

^a KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^e ERM Division Board of Directors   (United Kingdom)

^f Center for Research on Learning and Teaching North

^g Executive Board of the Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) of ASEE

^h Executive Board of the Educational Research and Methods Division ^*

ⁱ Civil Engineering Assessment Program

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS; ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL; ENGINEERING STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029093645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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