CALL FOR PAPERS: The fifth Annual Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics will be held in Saint Louis, Missouri, February 29-March 2, 1996. Open to members and nonmembers from any discipline or profession concerned with practical or professional ethics, the Association invites submissions on ethical concerns in such fields as public administration, law, the environment, accounting, engineering, computer science, research, business, medicine, journalism, or the academy. Demonstrations in ethics teaching, discussion of moral education, and curriculum development are welcome. Deadline for submissions is October 31, 1995. Contact: APPE, 410 North Park Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405 (ph. 812-855-6450, fx. 812-855-3315, internet APPE@INDIANA.EDU).

The 24th Conference on Value Inquiry, Inherent and Instrumental Values, will be held at D’Youville College, Buffalo, New York, April 18-20, 1996. Papers and abstracts of papers that address that subject, whether practical or theoretical, are welcome. Early submission advised. Contact: John M, Abbarno, Coordinator, Department of Philosophy, D’Youville College, 320 Parter Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14201 (ph. 716-811-3200 x6540, fx. 716-811-7760).

The Seventh Annual National Conference on Applied Ethics, Facing the Challenge: The Ethical Stretch, will be held in Long Beach, California, March 8-9, 1996, to promote continuous improvement in the practice and theory of ethics across the professions. Contact Delona Davis, Conference Coordinator, California State University, 6300 State University Drive, Long Beach CA 90815 (ph. 310-985-8446, e-mail ddavis@sculb.edu).

The Seventh International Corruption Conference will be held in Beijing, China, October 6-10, 1995. Contact Mr. Tao Hao, CICCST/IACC’95, 44, Kexueyuan Nan Lu, Shuang Yushu, Beijing 100086, China.

The Ethics Officer Association will hold its Third Annual Conference, Meeting the Challenges of the Job—Workshops for Ethics Practitioners, in Toronto, Ontario, October 18-20, 1995. Topics include positioning the ethics office, coordinating investigations, keeping ethics a priority, dealing with people in crisis, health care fraud, ethics and the securities industry, international ethical issues, and moving senior management. Contact: Dr. W. Michael Hoffman, Executive Director, Ethics Officer Association, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College, Waltham, MA 02154 (ph. 617-891-3434).

The Second Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, From the Universities of the Market Place: The Business Ethics Journey, will be held at St. John’s College, Jamaica, New York, November 3-4, 1995. Contact: Prof. Mary Maury, Ethics Coordinator, College of Business Administration, St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439 (ph. 718-990-6161 x7356, fx. 718-990-1868).

The Second International Conference for Business Leaders, Building a Global Ethic for Business in a Global Economy, will be held in Columbia, Ohio, November 8-10, 1995. Contact: Lauren B. Grandall, Membership and Corporate Relations Officer, Council for Ethics in Economics, 125 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215-3605 (ph. 614-221-8661, fx. 614-221-8707).

The Kellogg Environment Research Center and the Kellogg Center for Ethical Issues in Business will co-sponsor a conference, Psychology Perspectives to Environmental Ethical Issues in Management, December 8-10, 1995, in Evanston, Illinois. Contact: Katie Shonk, KGSM-OB, 2001 Sheridan Road, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-2011 (ph. 708-491-8065, fx. 708-467-2153, e-mail kshonk@merle.acns.nwu.edu).

PASE’96: Professional Awareness in Software Engineering will be held in London, England, February 1-2, 1996, to provide an interdisciplinary platform for discussion of such topics as the structure of the software industry as a profession, working practices, ethical and legal responsibilities and liabilities, and equal opportunities. Contact: PASE’96, School of Computer Science, University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London WIM 8JS (ph. 0171-911-5000, fx. 0171-911-5089).

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Beyond Whistleblowing: Defining Engineers' Responsibilities, edited by Vivian Weil, published by CSEP under a grant from the EVIST program of the National Science Foundation, is now available from CSEP for $5.00. The original cost was $7.00. This volume derives from the proceedings of the 1982 Conference on Engineering Ethics, which was hosted by CSEP. Papers by Kenneth Alpern, Thomas Donaldson, Albert Flores, John Ladd, Heinz Luegenbiehl, Martin Malin, and Larry May are among those published in journals and brought together here in one volume. Included are additional papers not published elsewhere, commentators' replies to papers, an introduction by the editor, and a bibliography.

The papers focus on individual moral choice for engineers, and ethical aspects of instititutional practices and public policy decisions with relevance for engineers. Topics covered include protection for whistleblowers, engineers' rights and responsibilities, implications of government regulation for the responsibilities of engineers, risk assessment, the use of cost-benefit analysis in decision making, creating an ethical work environment, and the responsibilities of professional societies. The volume contains additional essays geared to teaching and to engineering education.

The Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions (CSEP) was established in 1976 for the purpose of promoting education and the scholarship relating to ethical and policy issues of the professions. Perspectives on the Professions is one of the means the Center has of achieving that purpose

EDITOR: Michael Davis
MANAGING EDITOR: Rebecca Newton
EDITORIAL BOARD: David Beam, Ellen Fox, Robert F. Ladenson, Martin Malin, Ullica Segerstrale, Warren Schmaus

Opinions expressed in Perspectives on the Professions are those of the authors, and not necesarily those of CSEP or the Illinois Institute of Technology.