NEW JOURNAL: The Journal of Clinical Ethics provides a forum for analysis of practical problems faced in clinical practice. Special attention is given to issues and cases regularly encountered by physicians, administrators, ethics consultants, nurses, clergy, social workers, attorneys, and members of ethics committees. Contact: University Publishing Group, 107 East Church St., Frederick, MD 21701 (ph. 1-800-654-8188).

BOOKS: The Responsible Public Servant (ISBN 0-88645-099-3) contains case studies designed to provoke the practical exchanges that make discussion of value dilemmas come to life. Contact: The Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 897 Bay St., Toronto, Canada M5S IZ7 (ph. 416-923-7319).

Ethics and Technology in Context: Medicine, Computers, the Third World is a desktop-published booklet that collects the lectures by Wiebe Bijker, Deborah Johnson, and Stewart Oakley given at IIT in a lecture series funded by the GTE Lecture in Science, Technology and Human Values. The booklet is approximately 50 pages, and is available gratis while supplies last; please write to "CSEP, Attn: ETC Project."

CALL FOR CODES OF ETHICS:
CSEP maintains a clearing house for codes of ethics. Of particular interest are those of professional associations, trade associations, and corporations. We have several hundred on file, but we are always interested in adding to our collection. If your organization has recently adopted a code of ethics, statement of responsibility, or bill of rights, please send us a (sharp) copy. Since most of what we now have comes from the US, we would also appreciate such documents from other countries, whether recently adopted or not. An English translation, though welcome, is not necessary. Address: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3101 S. Federal Street, 166 LS, Chicago, IL 60616-3793.

CONFERENCES: Just Profits: Wending Our Way Through the Moral Maze, August 7-9, 1990, San Francisco, CA, a working consultation to develop ethical guidelines for managing in a global economy. Sponsored by both Vesper International (USA) and the Hinksey Centre (Oxford. England). Contact: Harlan Stalmach, Vesper International. 311 MacArthur Boulevard, Leandro, CA, 94577 (ph. 415-633-0666).

Ethics Consultation in Health Care, September 6-9, 1990, St. Louis, Missouri. Speakers will include Alan Meisel, Charles Culver, Carol Stocking, and Joel Fader. The consultation is sponsored by the Society for Bioethics Consultation and will take place at the Airport Marriott Hotel.

Ethics and the University, October 11-12, 1990, Detroit, MI, a national conference, will have sessions on: Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Universities, the University and the Formation of Character, Responsibilities of Professors, Monitoring Scientific Misconduct, the Effect of Research on the Values of Universities, and the Relationship Between the University and Business and Industry. Speakers will include: Ralph Nader, Judith Swazey, and Steven Cahn. Contact: Center for Academic Ethics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202 (ph. 313-577-8290).

Biotechnology and the Environment: Managing the Risks, November 1516, 1990, Montreal, Canada. This international conference will clarify the state of studies dealing with controversies related to risks and the development of biotechnology and provide a forum for decision-makers to present evidence and critical assessment of regulatory tools and controversial technology. Contact: Ms. Denyse Pronovost, CREST, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, PO. Box 8888, Station' A;' Montreal (Quebec), CANADA, H3C 3P8 (ph. 514-987-7944).

Sixth Technological Literacy Conference, February 1-3, 1991, Washington, DC, will feature symposia on Women in Science, Technology, and Medicine; Minorities in Science, Technology, and Medicine; and International Representation in Science, Technology, and Medicine. Contact: Steve Cutcliffe, NAST, 117 Willard Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 (ph. 814-865-9951).

Controversies in the Care of Dying Patients, February 14-16, 1991, Orlando, FL, will bring together physicians, attorneys, ethicists, and philosophers to debate such important topics as active euthanasia, physician assisted suicide, and the definition of medical futility. Contact: Robert 1. Misbin, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinoloy and Metabolism, Box J-226, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32610-0226 (ph. 904-392-2612).

NEW ORGANIZATION. The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics was established this spring. Its purpose is to encourage interdisciplinary scholarship and good teaching in practical and professional ethics by educators who appreciate the theoretical and practical impact of their subject. It will advance this broad purpose by: (1) facilitating communication and joint ventures among centers, schools, colleges, and individual faculty concerned with the interdisciplinary study of and teaching of practical and professional ethics; and (2) supporting efforts of colleges and universities, professional associations, and local, state and national governments that seek to foster curricular development and scholarly research on ethical issues. The association plans to hold a conference each year. Watch for a call for papers. Annual dues are $20 for students, $35 for untenured faculty, $50 for all other individuals, and $100 for organizations. Contact any member of the Executive Committee: Deni Elliott (Dartmouth), Robert Fullinwider (Maryland), Amy Guttman (Princeton), Stephen Kalish (Nebraska), Michael Pritchard (Western Michigan), Henry Shoe (Cornell), David Smith (Indiana), Nicholas Steneck (Michigan), Dennis Thompson (Harvard), and Vivian Weil (IIT).

The Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at the Illinois Institute of Technology was established in 1976 for the purpose of promoting education and scholarship relating to ethical and policy issues of the professions.

EDITOR: Michael Davis
STAFF: Jason Orloff
EDITORIAL BOARD: Thomas Calero, Martin Malin, Ullica Segerstrala, Vivian Weil.

Opinions expressed in Perspectives on the Professions are those of the authors, and not necessarily those of the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions or the Illinois Institute of Technology. Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill. 60616, Phone: 312-567-3017