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Trust: Business Tops Media and Government in Ethics and Competence, Finds Survey

Sword and the Script

Businesses are increasingly viewed as more ethical and competent than government, media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Business is ethical and competent. According to the survey, business was the only institution that respondents classified as both ethical and competent. click image for higher resolution).

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How 2020 Has Highlighted the Importance of Being Open and Honest

PRSay

We’re only halfway through 2020, but the year has already ushered in a once-in-a-century pandemic and a world-altering movement to dismantle systemic racism. So what do the rapid changes of 2020 mean for your organization? For many, it should mean refocusing on the importance of being open and transparent.

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

He published a paper called PR 2020 on behalf of the CIPR in 2011 that examined the future of PR. The PR 2020 project was based on interviews with PR practitioners throughout the UK and the outlook for the forthcoming decade. They are all issues that will occupy us all in 2020. Issues in practice 1. Happy New Year. What we do 5.

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A Commitment to Sharing Only Accurate and Truthful Information

PRSay

By the time the vaccine became available in late 2020, more than 26,000 people in our service area had contracted COVID and more than 300 had died. Educate employees to minimize the risk of spreading false information on social media or other outlets. Other parts of the country fared much worse. Illustration credit: bakhtiarzein ].

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Content analysis tool BuzzSumo adds journalist database for SMBs [PR tech sum no. 48]

Sword and the Script

According to the release the software uses employee behavioral data to “identify content themes and gain insights into audience engagement.” Meltwater announced six principles to govern the ethical development of AI. Content picks PR ethics. Tressa Robbins writes about the state of ethics in PR for Burrelles.

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PR Placing a Premium on Creativity; Findings from 5 Studies in Public Relations

Sword and the Script

Six in 10 comms pros face ethical challenges. A survey of 1,046 communication professionals in North America found 33% day they faced several ethical challenges in the last year and another 29% faced one ethical challenge. The Gray Area of Communicating a Point of View. click image for higher resolution).

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Embracing Inclusion: Empowering People with Disabilities Through Brand Marketing

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

The rationale underscoring the crusade for inclusion is rooted in a blend of ethical and realistic understandings. From an ethical vantage point, inclusion is an acknowledgment of every individual’s inherent dignity and worth, irrespective of their abilities. That disparity needs to change!

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