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Vol. 5, No. 2, December 1985
"Announcements"

Conferences: The Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards will sponsor its Tenth Annual FARB Forum for members of state regulatory boards on February 7-10, 1986 at the Sheraton Park Central Hotel & Towers, 12720 Merit Drive, Dallas, Texas. Among the topics to be considered will be "Ethics and Implications for the Regulation of Practice" and "Legal Aspects of Regulation:" For further information, contact: FARB; Suite 745, 5530 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20815.

Workshops: The American Association for the Advancement of Science, in collaboration with the Illinois Institute of Technology's Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, will sponsor a workshop on professional societies and professional ethics on May 24-25, 1986, at the Hershey-Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. For further information, contact: Office of the AAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, 1333 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20005.

Calls for Papers: The East Carolina University Department of Philosophy, with the support of the North Carolina Humanities Committee, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Business, is pleased to announce a conference on Moral and Conceptual Issues in Investment and Finance, April 17-18, 1986. Send two copies of papers by March 8, 1986 to: Dr. Craig K. Lehman, Director; Conference in Applied Philosophy; Department of Philosophy; East Carolina University; Greenville, NC 27834-4353.

The Fifth Chicago Summer Conference on Business and Professional Ethics will be sponsored by the Society for Business Ethics and Loyola University of Chicago on August 11-12, 1986. Papers are welcome on all aspects of business ethics and philosophy of economics and on professional ethics. The program committee also hopes to organize several panels. Possible panel subjects are advertising, computer ethics, and issues in finance. Deadline for submission of papers is March 15, 1986. Please send submissions to Kendall D'Andrade; Department of Philosophy; Loyola University of Chicago; 6525 N.Sheridan Road; Chicago, IL 60626.

The annual series Research on Corporate Social Performance and Policy will devote a future volume in whole or in part to research on business ethics and values. The publication target date is January, 1987, and articles must be in hand no later than October, 1986. If you are interested, you may either send the editor a one-page description of the research you would like to have considered, or call him with specific plans in mind. The editor of this volume will be: William C. Frederick; Professor of Business Administration; Graduate School of Business; University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Phone: (412) 648-1718 (work), or 6212663 or 621-6467 (home).

The editor of the journal of Medical Humanities and Bioethics (formerly Bioethics Quarterly) invites essays in all aspects of Medical Humanities. For further information, contact: Spencer Lavan, Ph.D.; Chair, Dept. of Medical Humanities; New England College of Osteopathic: Medicine; 11 bills Reach Road; Biddeford, ME 04005. (Subscriptions to this journal may be obtained from the Human Sciences Press, Inc.; 72 Fifth Ave.; New York, NY 10011.)

The Technology Studies and Education Division of the Society for the History of Technology is collecting materials for two publication projects: (1) a collection of course syllabi in the History of Technology and Technology Studies, and (2) a collection of useful teaching techniques for Technology Studies. Screening of submissions will begin on April 30, 1986. For more information, contact: Dr. Terry Reynolds; Director: Program in Science, Technology, & Society; Department of Social Sciences; Michigan Technological University; Houghton, MI 49931.

Academic Positions: Rice University Jesse H. Junes Graduate School of Business Administration. Lynette S. Autrey Visiting Professorship in Business Ethics. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, names and addresses of six references, and copies of recent publications and teaching evaluations if available. Applications should be sent to Prof. Wilfred C. Uecker; Jones Graduate School of Administration; Rice University; PO. Box 1892; Houston, TX 77251. EO/ AAE.

Loyola Marymount University, College of Business Administration. Hilton Professorship of Business Ethics. Nominations and requests for applications should be addressed to: Dr. John T Wholihan, Dean; College of Business Administration; Loyola Marymount University; Loyola Boulevard at West 80th Street; Los Angeles, CA 90045.

University of Maryland at College York, Center for Philosophy and Public Policy. Rockefeller Resident Fellowships. Two fellowships are available for the 1986-87 academic year. The research proposed must make good use of the Center's association with the Washington policy community. Applications will be considered without prejudice from philosophers in the early stages of their careers as well as from scholars of established stature.

Applicants for 1986-87 should submit a curriculum vitae, one paper or off-print, and a proposal of no more than 2,500 words describing a welldefined philosophical research project. They should also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent directly to the Center by persons who can comment on their qualifications and their proposal. All materials must be received by January 31, 1986. Awards will he announced by March 31, 1986. For additional information, contact: Douglas MacLean, Director; Center for Philosophy and Public Policy; 0123 Woods Hall; University of Maryland; College Park, MD 20742.

Police Ethics: Source Materials: Under an NED grant awarded to the Police Foundation, Dr. Frederick A. Elliston directed a project collecting curricular materials dealing with ethical, social, and policy dimensions of police work. To obtain a copy of the monograph which resulted from this project, contact: The Police Foundation; 1001 22nd Street, Suite 200, NW; Washington, D.C. 20037. Phone: (202) 833-1460.

CSEP Publications List: A revised Center Publications and Papers List (December 1985) is now available on request. The list includes more than 100 published and unpublished items written or edited by CSEP faculty, staff, and other participants in Center programs. Contact: Dr. Mark Frankel, Director; Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions; Illinois Institute of Technology; Chicago, IL 60616.

We Gratefully Acknowledge Support from the Following:
American Association for the
Advancement of Science
Charles R. Feldstein & Co., Inc.
Ms. Marian Depres
Ms. Kay Field
Ms. Martha Friedberg
Mr. & Mrs. Isak V. Gerson
Mrs. Natalie G. Heineman
Ethel V. Horton
Mrs. Martyl Langsdorf
Mr. & Mrs. Robert McDougal, Jr.
Ms. Jean S. Meltzer
Ms. Lucille Ollendorff
Mrs. Elizabeth R. 0ostenbrug
Mr. Robert F. Picken
Mr. Richard Pollak
George H. Pollock, M.D.
Mr. Edwin Rothschild
Di. Henry l.. Ruuhr
Mr. Sydney Stein, Jr.
Dr. A. T Straus
Ms. Eleanor Ransom Swift
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Wilkins
Ms. Margaret B. Wright

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: Fay Sawyier
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Warren Schmaus
STAFF: Sharon Matthews
EDITORIAL BOARD: Thomas Calero, Mark Frankel, Martin Malin, 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. 60626.

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