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This article aims at providing a case study forteaching engineering ethics. It is based on a play byRabindranath Tagore and was used in a technologicalinstitute in India with students of science andengineering. As a case study it can be used withstudents of other disciplines as well.
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Chatterjee, A. Exploring Ethical Dimensions in Tagore's Muktadhara. Teaching Business Ethics 4, 325–339 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009838818297
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