Brief Review of the Solar Water Heater Industry After the end of the era of federal tax credits, American consumers on the whole were disenchanted with the high-priced, unattractive solar water heater that were available.
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K. Miller. Software informed consent: docete emptorem, not caveat emptor. Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol. 4, No. 3 (July 1998), 357-362. Other keywords for this article: computer ethics; product quality, responsibility for; contracts.
W. Bakker and M. C. Loui, "Can designing and selling low-quality products be ethical?," Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 153-170, April 1997. Condensed version: M. C. Loui, "The engineer's responsibility for quality," Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 347-350, July 1998. Other keywords for this: ethics and economics; design process; responsibility for product quality; corporate ethics.