Conferences
The 1999 Business Ethics Conference: Ethics Program Innovation and Growth will be held May 17-18, 1999 at the WaldorfAstoria in New York, NY. Whether you have responsibility for administering an ethics program, are evaluating such programs for your company, oi- are assisting clients in ethics and compliance matters, you will find this conference essential. For further information call (212) 339-0345 or fax request to (212) 980-7014.

A Prim&R Conference on Educating for the Responsible Conduct of Research in the Next Millenium: New Dilemmas, Continuing Questions, and Effective Strategies, will take place May 13 & 14, 1999 at the Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, MD. This conference is supported in part by a contract with the Office of Research Integrity, Department of Health and Human Services, and jointly sponsored by Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research, Association of American Medical Colleges, Applied Research Ethics National Association, National Institutes of Health, and Tufts University School of Medicine. The conference has been planned in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). For further information regarding the conference and registration forms, contact PRIM&R (RCR Conference) at 617/423-4112, fax 617/423-1185 Email prmr@aol.com , 132 Boylston St., 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02116.

The International Center for Character Education presents the First International Conference on Character EducationEducating the Hearts and Minds: Values, Ethics, Citizenship. Conference dates are June 27-29, 1999, and will be held at the University of San Diego on San Diego, CA. For more information call (619) 2605980, fax@(619) 260-2961 or e-mail schellj@is.acusd.edu

An NSF supported conference, "Integrating Ethics into Technical Education," will be held June 3 & 4, 1999 at Raritan Valley Community College in Central New Jersey. Forums for discussion will focus on case teaching, intellectual property, quality assurance, and research ethics. For proposals and inquiries, contact Joyce Tigner, Ph.D., Raritan Valley Community College, P.O. Box 3300, Somerville, NJ, 08876, tel 908/526- x8305, fax 908/526-0253, Email jtigner@rvcc.raritanval.edu.

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics, one of the world's premiere institutes for research in bioethics, is offering a course in Contemporary Challenges in Health Care Ethics June 12-17, 1999. This course provides the opportunity for participants from different fields and disciplines to come together for a few days to explore the theoretical framework and practical issues of bioethics with a distinguished faculty. For more information, call (202) 687-5477.

The Fourteenth Annual Conference on Computing and Philosophy (CAP) will be held at Carnegie Mellon University on August 5-7, 1999. This conference, which is co- by the APA Committee on Philosophy and Computers and the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon, has become the central meeting place for all aspects of computing and philosophy. The deadline for'submissions (2-3 page abstract, plus equipment needs) is February 15, 1999. For further information regarding the conference, visit: http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/CAAE/CAP/CAPpage.html

The second International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering will be in conjunction with the 18th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference at Clemson University, April 24, 1999. Contact: Subrata Saha, Conference Chair, Director, Bioengineering Alliance of South Carolina, 313 Rhodes Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0906. Tel: 864-656-7603. Fax: 864-656-4466. Email: ssaha@clemson.edu web: http://sbec.abe.msstate.edu

Call for Papers
Ethics and Justice, an interdisciplinary journal of public affairs in electronic format, covers topics in applied ethics, social and criminal Justice, and politics. It is now seeking short manuscripts for publication in future issues, especially in the areas of professional and governmental ethics. E&J's home page is: http://www.ethics-justice.org. A free sample copy of the journal is available by emailing: sales@ethics-justice.org. Please email manuscripts as attachments to: editor@ethics-justice.org .

The Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College, USA, and Blackwell Publishers have announced a new quarterly journal, Business and Society Review, under the general editorship of Robert Frederick. The journal will address a broad variety of ethical issues concerning the relationships between business, society, and the public good. It should be of interest to business people, academics, and others involved in the contemporary debate about the proper role of business in society. B&SR invites manuscripts from a broad variety of contributors', including academi cs, business people, lawyers, and government administrators. Contact: Robert Frederick, Ph.D., Business and Society Review, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA 02154. Website: http://www.bentley.edu/resource/cbe.

Publications
Gordon Moran, Silencing Scientists and Scholars in Other Fields: Power, Paradigm Controls, Peer Review, and Scholarly Communication (Ablex Publishing: Greenwich, Connecticut, 1998).

Peter Seidel, Invisible Walls: Why We. ignore the Damage We Inflict on the Planet ... and Ourselves (Prometheus Books: Amherst, New York, 1998).

Business Ethics: A European Review, a quarterly journal, provides a forum for business people and academics to exchange experience and informed insights on the various moral challenges and opportunities which increasingly face modern business in Britain, continental Europe, and the world. For sample copy: email: ameadows@blackwellpublishers.co.uk (together with the name and address of your librarian). Quote BUSINESS ETHICS SAMPLE COPY REQUEST 1 in the subject line.

Call for Papers
Education + Technology 11: Exploring Ethical Issues and Interactions will carry forward the tradition of critical reflection on education and technology brought to Penn State by Henry Johnson's 1997 conference "Education and Technology: Asking the right Questions." The conference will be held at The Penn Stater Conference center Hotel, University Park, PA. The deadline for submission of abstracts (100-200 words) is May 15, 1999. There will be three kinds of sessions: longer papers, shorter papers, and posters. Authors will be notified of acceptance by May 31, 1999. Four copies of completed papers (3500-4000 words) are due September 1, 1999. All participants, including speakers, will be expected to pay the conference registration fee. For more information call (814) 865-1643, fax @ (814) 863-7039 or email: rad119@psu.edu

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