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An Exploratory Investigation of the Ethical Behavior of Engineering Undergraduates
dc.contributor.authorHarding, Trevor S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCarpenter, Donald D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFinelli, Cynthia J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-03T19:46:27Z
dc.date.available2013-06-11T19:15:34Zen_US
dc.date.issued2012-04en_US
dc.identifier.citationHarding, Trevor S.; Carpenter, Donald D.; Finelli, Cynthia J. (2012). "An Exploratory Investigation of the Ethical Behavior of Engineering Undergraduates." Journal of Engineering Education 101(2). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/95635>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1069-4730en_US
dc.identifier.issn2168-9830en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/95635
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.otherEnvironmenten_US
dc.subject.otherEthicsen_US
dc.subject.otherDecision‐Makingen_US
dc.titleAn Exploratory Investigation of the Ethical Behavior of Engineering Undergraduatesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEngineering Educationen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelEngineeringen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherCalifornia Polytechnic State Universityen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherLawrence Technological Universityen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/95635/1/j.2168-9830.2012.tb00053.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/j.2168-9830.2012.tb00053.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Engineering Educationen_US
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