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(Practical and Professional Ethics.) Edited by Michael Davis and Andrew Stark. 368 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 2001. $55. ISBN 0-19-512863-X.

When it comes to conflicts of interest, moral huffing is in plentiful supply, whereas careful analysis and ethical insight are scarce. Conflict of Interest in the Professions, a collection of 17 chapters edited by Michael Davis and Andrew Stark, is a welcome attempt to even the balance.

The book soars across a wide range of professions including the law, anthropology, literary and art criticism, investment banking, and medicine. It critically considers practices as varied as "reciping" by bank trust departments, forcibly testing a prison tattooist for hepatitis B, and the Hollywood casting couch. Had the editors waited a few more . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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