FREE: Model Policy and Procedures for Dealing with Allegations of Misconduct in Research Within the University is basically the 12-page policy adopted by Northeastern Illinois University after consultation with CSEP Excellent point from which to start writing your own policy. It includes: references to the relevant Federal rules; a rationale for the policy beyond "the law mandates it"; definition of key terms such as "misconduct"; guiding principles for interpretation; structures for implementation; extensive due process protection; distinct approaches to "inquiry" and "full investigation"; a method for eliminating investigators' conflict of interest; categories of findings beyond "guilty" and "not guilty"; wide range of possible penalties; principles for proportioning penalty to wrongdoing; and an appeal process. Contact: CSEP, IIT, 166 Life Sciences Building, 3101 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60616-3793 (ph. 312-567-3017).

BOOKS: Guy Oakes, The Soul of the Salesman (1990) offers a sociological perspective on the logic of sales and the resulting moral climate. It is based on a case study in the training of life insurance agents. Contact: Humanities Press International, Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716-1289 (ph, 908-872-1441 or 800-221-38451.

Marcos Garcia de la Huerta, Critica de la Razon Tecnocratica (ISBN 956-11- 0242-K). Contact: Editorial Universitaria, Ricardo Matte Perez 0430, Casilla 10220, Santiago, Chile (ph. 2233765, fax 56-2-499455).

PROGRAM: The University of Georgia has begun offering a Certificate in Environmental Ethics. The Certificate is awarded to graduate students completing at least thirty hours of graduate work, including an approved research paper in environmental ethics. Contact: Professor Frederick Ferre, 122 Peabody Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 (ph. 404-542-2823)

CONFERENCE: What If ...We Change to a National Health Program?, Seventh Utah Conference on Ethics and Health, 17-18 January 1991. Contact: Continuing Medical Education, 1C117, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132 (ph. 801-581-8664, fax 801-581-3647).

Where the Law Ends: Professional Ethics in the '90's, Saturday, 2 February 1991, Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, DC, all day session in cooperation with American Society of Mechanical Engineers and National Society for Science, Technology, and Society. Contact: Robert Merideth, Conference Manager, NASTS, 122B Willard Building, University Park, PA 16802 (ph. 814-865-9951).

Integrating Business Ethics: Making Ethics a Way of Corporate Life, 24 April 1991, Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City, will offer an update on corporate ethics programs, discuss ways to deal with internationalization, relation of business ethics to environmental problems, and role of functional areas in corporate ethics programs. Contact: The Conference Board, 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022 (ph. 202-759-0900).

Ethical Issues in Research, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 29-30 April 1991, will include panels on: Misrepresentation of Data: US and International Perspectives; Role of Authorship; Conflict of Interest; and Scientific Response to External Pressures (Embryos, Fetuses, and Animals). Contact: Fidia Research Foundation, 1640 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 2, Washington, DC 20007 (ph. 202-337-7185, fax 202-337-7188).

Conference on the Study of Government Ethics, 12-15 June 1991, Park City, Utah, was organized by the Section on Public Administration Research, American Society for Public Administration, and the Ethics in Public Service Network. Contact: H. George Frederickson, Public Administration, University of Kansas, 318 Blake Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045 (ph. 913-864-3527, fax 913-864-5208).

DEATH: Ivan Hill, 83, former advertising executive and television producer who helped to found the Ethics Resource Center, died in Crystal Lake, Ill., 19 September 1990.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This issue of Perspectives turned the camera inward, as is appropriate in a centennial year. The next issue will turn the camera outward again as we do another issue of Ethics Around the World.

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: Rebecca Newton
EDITORIAL BOARD: Thomas Calero, Martin Malin, Ullica Segerstrale, Vivian Weil

Opinions expressed in Perspectives on the Professions are those of the authors, and not necesarily 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. 60616-3793, Phone: 312-567-3017.