Introduction to Selected Papers from the 20th Annual Aapae Conference

The 20th annual Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE) conference was held at the University of Notre Dame Australia in Fremantle on June 27–30, 2013. This was the first time the conference had been held in Western Australia. The conference convenors were Dr Richard Hamilton and Dr Alan Tapper. The University of Notre Dame Australia has a strong tradition in the teaching of ethics, which made it a very suitable venue for the conference. Another notable feature of the conference was participation of UNDA students taking courses in professional ethics.

The conference theme was ‘Achieving Ethical Excellence’. This 12th edition of REIO brings together a selection of papers from the conference, plus one paper not from the conference. In addition, there are five reviews of books written or edited by scholars who have been associated with the AAPAE. The books suggest that ethical research in Australia is alive and well.