CONFERENCES: The Council on Employee Responsibilities and Rights will hold its annual national conference on October 16-17, 1986 at the Sheraton Hotel in Virginia Beach, VA. For more information, contact: Chimezie A.B. Asigweh, Yg., CERR President and Program Chairman, Department of Management, Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA 23504. Phone: (804) 623-8264 or 8920. The Long Island Philosophical Society will sponsor a conference on Professional Ethics in the Healing Arts, scheduled for October 25, 1986. For more information, contact Dr. Luis E. Navia, Chairman, Department of Social Science, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY 11568. The Society for the Study of Ethics & Animals will conduct its annual meeting on December 28, 1986 in Boston, MA. For more information, Contact: Harlan B. Miller, Department of Philosophy, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061.

WORKSHOPS: The Center has been awarded a grant by the FelPro/ Mecklenburger Foundation of Skokie towards the organization of a Workshop on Vocational Ethics to be cosponsored with the Illinois Vocational Association. The two-week Workshop, tentatively scheduled for summer 1987, is intended to introduce vocational education instructors in Illinois to the field of applied and professional ethics and to assist them in developing teaching materials for use in their courses.

CALLS FOR PAPERS: The Missouri Gerontology Institute in cooperation with Lincoln University invites the submission of abstracts for presentations concerning humanities and aging for a conference entitled: "For the Aging: Equity and Quality of Life," to be held October 16-18, 1986. Publication of selected presentations is anticipated. Deadline for submission of abstracts is July 1, 1986. For more information, contact: Dr. Patricia Morrow, Aging Program Specialist, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO 65101.

The next volume of Philosophy in Context, vol. 16 (1986), will be devoted to the subject of moral truth. What does it mean to say that an ethical judgment, or for that matter, an ethical theory is true? Or how might anyone know whether it is? Deadline for papers is August 1, 1986. Include two typed copies, double-spaced, 15 pages maximum, with notes at the end. Send papers to: Richard M. Fox, Editor, Philosophy in Context, Department of Philosophy, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115.

The Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals welcomes papers on the topic of assessing the value of moral agents for their meeting on March 26, 1987 in San Francisco. Those interested in submitting papers or in serving as commentators should contact, at their earliest convenience: Prof. Steve Sapontzis, Department of Philosophy, California State University, Hayward, CA 94542.

Center Plans Training Session for Motorola: The Center has contracted with the Communications Sector of Motorola to conduct a pilot one day training session on "Ethics in Decision-Making." If the session is successful, it is anticipated that a series of such training programs will be organized for the company. The faculty for the session will be Mark Frankel, Jack Snapper, and Vivian Weil.

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.