The continuing Woodstock Seminar in Business Ethics was conceived in the fall of 1988, when a group of leaders in banking and finance, business and government, academia and church began discussing ethical dilemmas in the conduct of mergers and acquisitions. From those conversations came a publication, entitled Ethical Considerations in Corporate Takeovers (Georgetown University Press, 1990). The group, thereafter, felt that deeper, systemic issues still needed to be addressed, which led to a second two-year series of conferences, resulting in the publication, Creating and Maintaining an Ethical Corporate Climate (Georgetown University Press, 1990). In the spring of 1991, the seminar decided to focus on the ethical issues that health care professionals face in the business aspects of their practices, resulting in the publication of Ethical Considerations in the Business Aspects of Health Care (Georgetown University Press, 1995). The fourth of Woodstock's business ethics seminars, Ethical Issues in Managed Health Care Organizations (Georgetown University Press, 1999), examines ethical issues faced by executives in managed health care systems.  For a discussion of the methodology behind the Woodstock Seminar in Business Ethics, see Business Aspects of Health Care and Woodstock Methodology by James L. Connor, S.J., and "Business, Faith and the Common Good" by J. Michael Stebbins, Review of Business, Fall 1997. Copies of  the seminar's publications can be ordered from the Woodstock Theological Center.