CONFERENCES: The Ninth Annual Conference on Business Ethics, Bentley College, March 30-31, 1992 invites papers on issues in business ethics arising from "this new era of global competition and post-cold war economic development:" Possible topics include cross-cultural comparisons of ethics attitudes or business codes of conduct, the possibility of transnational codes of business ethics, business-government relations conducive to sustainable economic growth, unique ethical problems of developing countries, business ethics issues from a particular cultural perspective, and the impact of multinational corporate operations on the environment and culture of host countries. Contact: Dr. Judith Kamm, Conference Co-Chair, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA 02154 (ph. 617891-3433 or fx. 617-891-2819).

The 1992 Meeting of the International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics will be held in Columbus, Ohio, March 27-28, 1992. The purpose of the Society is to facilitate relations among businesses, academics, professional societies, and others interested in the ethical dimensions of international business and economics. The program will include a plenary session of invited speakers, two sessions of contributed papers, a dinner, and a business meeting. Contact: Richard De George, Philosophy Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045.

An International Conference on Ethics of Business in a Global Economy will be held in Columbus, Ohio, March 25-27,1992. Sessions will be in English, Japanese, and German. Though planned chiefly for business leaders, its sponsors wish to include about 100 scholars working on issues of international business ethics. Deadline for academics may have passed, but contact: Dr. Paul M. Minus, Council for Ethics in Economics, 125 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215 (ph. 614-2218661 or fx. 614-221-8707). Columbus, OH 43215 (ph. 614-2218661 or fx. 614-221-8707).

Ethics in Critical Care: A Multidisciplinary Approach, a conference devoted to the problems of daily collaboration among health care professionals, will be held in Chicago, October 6-8. Contact: Society of Critical Care Medicine, Program Registration, SCCM/AACN Ethics Conference, PO. Box 68024, Anaheim, CA 92817-8024 (ph. 714-449-8700).

The European Business Ethics Network's Fourth Annual Conference, Business Ethics in a New Europe, will be held in London, September 25-27, 1991. Contact: Prof. Jack Mahoney, Director of King's College Business Ethics Research Centre, University of London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS (ph. 071-873-2587 or fx. 071-836-1799).

CALL FOR PAPERS: A new international, interdisciplinary social science journal, Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, is now seeking papers on the nature of expertise and the translation of knowledge into practice and policy. Contact Dr. Marcel LaFollette, Knowledge, Center for International Science and Technology Policy, George Washington University, 2130 H Street, NW, Suite 714, Washington, DC 20052 (ph. 202-994-6450).

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.

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