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Vol. 8, No. 1, August 1988
"Another Side of Business Ethics"
Jack Snapper, Illinois Insitute of Technology

I received a call from Ms. Roe last week, the secretary to Mr. J. Doe of the XYZ Corporation. (The story is true; the aliases are not.) Ms. Roe said that her boss wanted a course in some area of professional ethics. I described IIT's offerings in ethics, each addressing some professional area such as engineering, business, or architecture. Ms. Roe, however, did not think that her boss really wanted a semester course that met three hours a week for sixteen weeks. She finally explained that Mr. Doe had agreed to attend a course in professional ethics as part of the settlement of a criminal case. He had to complete the course before regaining his license to practice. He really wanted something he could get out of the way in one day. A half-day seminar would be ideal. Poor Ms. Roe had been calling local universities all day, trying to find something convenient. Checking the bulletin board, I found the announcement of a one day event at a nearby state university. Ms. Roe was extremely thankful.

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