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This article highlights the Fifth National Communication Ethics Conference to be held at Gull Lake, Michigan in May 1998. Representatives of the National Communication Association (NCA) governance boars working to develop codes of ethics in the areas of research, educational policies, and publications will attend the conference. While at the conference, board members and Communication Ethics Commission members will explore broad conceptual issues as well as the specific language of proposed codes. Conference planners anticipate productive discussions to emerge out of a 90-minute plenary session scheduled for May 9 and from informal dialogue throughout the conference. The biannual communication ethics conference, begun in 1988, was organized to address ethical issues and standards in teaching and research, and to facilitate dialogue between scholars and teachers. The Gull Lake conference format and site have traditionally provided a venue that is conducive to a collaborative exploration of issues regarding the ethical dimensions of human communication. The conference, which is a residential conference, features a keynote address by a scholar-in-residence, and a range of plenary sessions comprised of competitive papers, case studies, and round-table discussions. |
