Doctor Spin

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The Halo Effect is intriguing—and ethically challenging in PR. Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1 Nisbett, R., & Wilson, T. Over-Reliance on Positive Associations While the Halo Effect can be a powerful tool, it also presents challenges and ethical considerations. Applied Economics Letters, 14, 307 – 310.

Journalism 52

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 3, 2019

From going to prison after being convicted for violating the FCPA (the US foreign anti-bribery law) to founding Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC, and educating multinationals on current issues and challenges with respect to compliance, ethics and anti-bribery, Richard Bistrong has come a long way. Most of this happened in the U.S. If so, how?

Interviews 105

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 17, 2015

They hated the company in a visceral way that defies the calm and impartiality that’s characteristic of journalism. A Blogging Perspective. Since 2007 or so I’ve managed blogs professionally – PR has changed – and eventually starting this one here. That’s both good and bad for those with a strong work ethic.

Pitching 60

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PR Conversations

JUNE 20, 2015

When PR Conversations originally launched in the spring of 2007, it broke new ground by envisioning and introducing an international, collaborative PR-blog concept. Three years on, the redux version sought to build on that strong base and continue to offer something different to other blogs.

Case Study 40

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Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 27, 2018

In a paper for the Journal of Public Relations Research[v] Michael Karlberg makes the case that the Excellence Theory is overly concerned with consumers as a primary audience. Other challenges include ethics, power, propaganda and Western bias. Table 3: Academic criticism of the Excellence Theory.

Communications 60

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