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Vol. 5, No. 1, June 1985
"Announcements"

CONFERENCES: The American Association of University Administrators will sponsor a conference with the theme of "Ethics and Higher Education." The conference will take place June 16-19, 1985 at the Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans. For more information, contact: Dr. Roland Garrett, Program Coordinator; AAUA National Assembly, PO. Box 966; Office of Academic Affairs; Montclair State College; Upper Montclair, NJ 07043. Phone: (201) 893-4382.
A conference entitled "Institutional Ethics Committees & Health Care Decision making" will be held June 24-25, 1985 at the Vista International Hotel at the World Trade Center in New York. It will be sponsored by the American Society of Law & Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. For more information, contact: Conference Registrar; American Society of Law & Medicine; 765 Com monwealth Avenue; Boston, MA 02215. Phone: (617J 262-4990.
The Sixth National Conference on Business Ethics will be held on October 10 and 11, 1985 at Bentley College in Waltham, MA. Its theme will be "Ethical Dilemmas for the Multinational Enterprise:' For more information, contact: David Fedo, Conference Chairman; Bentley College; Wal

SUMMER SEMINARS: The University of Oxford will be sponsoring two Science Studies Summer Seminars, to be held at Queens College, Oxford. Each lasts one week, beginning June 13, 1985. The topic of the first week will be "Scientific Controversies;' and of the second week, "Medicine, Ethics and Society." For more information, contact: Dr. J.R. Durant; Department of External Studies; Rewley House; 3-7 Wellington Square; Oxford OX1 2JA; U.K.
WORKSHOP: The Georgia Center for Continuing Education announces the Third Annual Environmental Ethics Curricula Development Workshop, to be held July 11-13, 1985 at the University of Georgia. The purpose of the workshop is to assist colleges and universities with the development of a course on this subject. For more information, contact: Dr. Eugene C. Hargrove; Environmental Ethics; Department of Philosophy; The University of Georgia; Athens, GA 30602. Phone: (404) 542-6875.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Prof. David C. Thomasma, the editor of Theoretical Medicine, solicits manuscripts on the following themes: Philosophy of Medicine in Europe; Disease and the Humanities; Philosophy of Medicine in the United States; The Clinical Medical Ethicist and Medical Decisions; The Physician's Influence on Patient Decision-Making: Persuasion, Manipulation, and Coercion; Problems in Theoretical Cardiology; The Physician's Role in Health Care Distribution; The Role of the Family in Medical Decision; Fuzzy Medical Diagnosis; Autopoiesis and Theoretical Pathology; Professional Organization of Physicians: Quality of Care versus Cost-Containment; Medical Ethics in Europe; Therapy and Action Theory. For a list of the guest editors who will be handling each of these topics, contact Dr. Thomasma, Director; Medical Humanities Program; Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine; 2160 South First Ave.; Maywood, IL 60153. Phone: (312) 531-343313860. One may also submit articles that are not related to any of these themse to: Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D., Associate Editor; Georgetown University; Washington, D.C. 20007.

Letter to the Editor
I've just had occasion to review your December, 1984 issue of "Perspectives" on "Architects and Clients Revisited:" It is marvelous, the best thing on the subject I've read. Would you please forward to me information on bulk orders. Thank you!
Mark B. Lapping
Professor and Dean
College of Architecture and
Design
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
tham, MA 02254. Phone: (617) 8912115. Or, you may contact: The Center for Business Ethics; W Michael Hoffman, Director; Bentley College. (617) 891-2981.

We Gratefully Acknowledge Support from the Following:
Edwin Rothschild
Robert F. Picken
Marian and Leon Despres
A.A.A.S.
Ms. Martha Friedberg
Ms. Eleanor R. Swift
Ms. Margaret Wright
Ms. Lucille Ollendorff
Ms. Martyl Langsdorf
Dr. Henry L. Ruehr
Ms. Elizabeth Wilkins
Nancy and Isak V. Gerson
Charles R. Feldstein & Co., Inc.

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 Sawvier
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Warren Schmaus
STAFF: Sharon Matthews
EDITORIAL BOARD: Thomas Calera, Mark Frankel, Norman Cevitz, Marlin 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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