A National Institute for Engineering Ethics has been established by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). One of the Institute's major emphases will be engineering education. "There is concern that there is no infusion of engineering ethics in the undergraduate engineering curriculum," according to the Institute's first chairman, Herbert Koogle, president of Koogle and Pools Engineering, Inc. of Albuquerque. The Institute's first major project is a videotape that will "document what it's like to be in an engineer's shoes." CSEP's Director, Vivian Weil, is a member of the Institute's Board of Governors.

CONFERENCE: The Individual Versus Society, the Third International Congress on Ethics in Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, September 12-15, 1989.

Main topics will be Priorities in Health Care, Clinical Freedom, Ethical Problems in Epidemiological Research, Integrity and Autonomy, and Ethical Aspects of HIV Infection. Contact Elliot Leiter, MD, Beth Israel Medical Center, First Avenue at 16th St., New York, NY 10003 (ph. 212-420-4082).

Valuing and Managing Diversity in the Workplace, the Fourth National Consultation on Corporate Ethics, September 20-22, 1989, Ambassador West Hotel, Chicago. Contact: David Krueger, Center for Ethics and Corporate Policy, 637 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60605 (ph. 312-922-1512).

A Time to be Born and a Time to Die: Ethics of Choice, October 15-17, 1989, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati. Contact Phyllis BinikThomas, Starkoff Institute of Ethics, 3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnnati, OH 45220 (ph. 513-221-1875).

Thirteenth Annual Humanities and Technology Conference, October 19-20, 1989 Marietta, Georgia (Metro Atlanta). Contact Charlie Weeks or Herb Smith, INTERFACE, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Southern College of Technology, Marietta, GA 30060 (ph. 404-424-7202).

Business, Ethics, and the Environment, the Eighth National Conference on Business Ethics, October 26-27, Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts. Contact Robert E. Frederick, Assistant Director and Conference Chairperson, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College, 450 Beaver St., Waltham, MA 02154-6270 (ph. 617-891-3433).

Ethics in Government: An Intricate Web, a National Working Conference and Dialogue on Applied Ethics, November 12-15, Hyatt Regency, Washington, DC. Contact American Society of Public Administration, 1120 G Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005 (ph. 202-393-7878).

BOOKS: The Whistleblowers: Exposing Corruption in Government and Industry by Myron Peretz Glazer and Penina Migdal Glazer, New York: Basic Books, 1989 ($19.95) describes sixty-four cases including effects on whistleblower's career, minds, and families. Not as grim as you might expect.

SUMMER SEMINAR: Medical Ethics, August 7-12, University of Washington School of Medicine. Contact Division of Continuing Medical Education, University of Washington, 1325 Fourth Ave., Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98101 (ph. 203-5431050).

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 Segerstrala, 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. 60616.