The Ethics of Stats.

This essay argues for the importance and interest, within and beyond theological ethics, of the ethical questions faced by professionals who are called on to be producers of statistics (herein 'stats') for management purposes. Truth-telling, in the context of demands for stats, cannot be evaluated a...

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Publicado en:Journal of Religious Ethics Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 1 - 23
Autor principal: Muers, Rachel
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Mar2014
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