Frontiers in Management Research

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DOI: 10.22606/fmr.2018.22002

• Yao-yao Wei^*
  School of Management, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China; School of Marxism, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
• Yu-heng Song
  School of Management, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China

This study examines the Ethical Principles for Nuclear Power Engineering Decision-making (A theoretical Review). The paper investigates the Ethical Principles considered in the decision making process of the nuclear power projects. The three relevant principles discussed are responsibility, justice and ecology. The researches about ethical decision-making of nuclear engineering focus on the aspects including nuclear safety, advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power, and the health and ecological influences of the nuclear engineering. The paper concludes that the implementation of nuclear power projects will have a great impact on social and economic benefits, technological development, human civilization, living standards and ecological environment. Three relevant ethical principles are proposed to help the decision makers of the nuclear projects to improve their decisions in future.

Nuclear power engineering; decision-making; ethical principle; justice ethics.

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