CONFERENCES: The Fifth Biennial Student Pugwash USA International Conference will be held June 28 through July 4, 1987 at Stanford University. The theme of the Conference is "Choices For Our Generation: Ethics and Values at the Cutting Edge of Technology." For more information, please contact: Benjamin Austin, Conference Director, Student Pugwash, USA 505-B 2nd St., N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002. Phone: (202) 544-1784.

The Seventh National Conference on Business Ethics will be held on October 15-16, 1987 at Bentley College in Waltham, MA and will offer presentations on the theme: "The Ethics of Organizational Transformation, Mergers, Takeovers, and Corporate Restructuring." For more information, please contact: Robert E. Frederick, Assistant Director and Conference Chairperson, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley College, Waltham, MA 02254. Phone: (617J 891-3433.

The 2nd International Congress on Ethics in Medicine will be held on June 9-12, 1987 in New York City.

The international forum will examine the biomedical dilemmas of modern times for physicians, nurses and other health care workers; philosophers and social scientists, business, religious and political leaders, and attorneys. For further information, please contact: The Raimondi Group, Ltd. Phone: (213J 772-8515.

CALLS FOR PAPERS: Philosophy in Context is seeking papers which will examine and illustrate the relationship between philosophic theory and practical applications: the ways in which philosophical problems arise in various contexts, and the ways in which proposed philosophical solutions can be applied back to the contexts out of which they arose. For more information, please contact: Joseph De'Marco, Editor, Philosophy in Context, Department of Philosophy, Cleveland State University, East 24th Street and Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115. Deadline: August 15, 1987.

The Annual Meeting of the Illinois Philosophical Association will be held November 13-14, 1987 at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois. Papers may be submitted (three copies) in any area of philosophy, metaphilosophy, the teaching of philosophy or practical applications of philosophy. For more information, please contact: Professor George Dickie, Program Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60680. Deadline: June, 1987.

CALL FOR PAPERS & CONFERENCE: The Council on Employee Responsibilities & Rights (CERR) invites the participation of scholars and practitioners and seeks to provide a forum which will bridge some of the gaps between organizational concepts and practice in the area of employee and employer responsibilities and rights. The Annual National Conference will be held on October 15-16, 1987 at the Sheraton Hotel, in Virginia Beach, VA. For more information, please contact: CERR, PO. Box 61411, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462.

WORKSHOP: A Workshop sponsored by the Center for Philosophy and Public Policy will be held at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. on June 24-26, 1987. The theme of the workshop is "Teaching Philosophy and Public Policy." The workshop is designed primarily for teachers interested in giving courses that apply philosophical methods and perspectives to vital public controversies. There is a registration fee in the amount of $55.00. For more information, please contact: Kathleen Wiersema, Workshop Coordinator, Center for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-7411. Phone: (310) 454-6604.

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS: Loyola University of Chicago and Loyola University Press announce a thematic series of books under the general title Values and Ethics. The orientation of the series is to the general theme of values and ethics, as they affect and cut across a wide range of disciplines: the humanities, history, mathematics, the natural sciences, the social sciences, philosophy, theology, law education, medicine, and the helping professions.

Prospective authors should submit a letter of inquiry and summary outline that indicates the manuscript's general area, specific topic or theme, contents, and length to the chairperson of the board. A short vita may also be enclosed. Mailing address: Dr. Gerald Gutek, Chairperson, Editorial Board of the University Press Series, Loyola University of Chicago, Graduate School, Lewis Towers 401, 820 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611.

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
Mrs. Elizabeth Murray
Ms. Lucille Ollendorff
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Oostenbrug
Frances Perkins
Mr. Robert R Picken
Mr. Richard Pollak
George H. Pollock, M.D.
Mr. Edwin Rothschild
Dr. Henry L. Ruehr
Mr. Sydney Stein, Jr.
Dr. A. T Straus
Ms. Eleanor Ransom Swift
Mrs. Elisabeth 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: Rebecca Newton
EDITORIAL BOARD: Thomas Calero, Mark Frankel, Martin Malin, Vivian Weil, Michael Davis.

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, 111. 60616.