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Ethics and Accountability in Public Relations are Non-Negotiable

Waxing UnLyrical

I’ve been known to “wax unlyrical” time and again with my view of what comprises good/ethical/professional public relations. Ethics,” in a nutshell, is about doing the right thing. . Because ethics and accountability in public relations are non-negotiable. But apparently that doesn’t play well on television.

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What should you do when you think you received an unlawful order? Dave Honchul

Ethical Voices

He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: What should you do when you think you received an unlawful order? What is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted? There’s a lot of times that you face varying levels of ethical challenges. It’s amazing. That’s the perception.

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Why public relations must wake up to wearables

PR Conversations

This year—partly thanks to the refrigerators that sent out their own spam emails, television sets sending unauthorised data into the cloud and smart LED bulbs leaking passwords as well as light—the conversation around wearable and connected devices has gained some traction. Will we become a global squad of thought police? The wake up call.

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Engaging (and grilling) the social side of James Grunig

PR Conversations

Toni Muzi Falconi writes: Regular readers of this blog are aware of my long-term, personal relationship with the Grunigs, yet I confess surprise when I read Jim Grunig’s first comment on this earlier blog post. ” We’re delighted you also waded into our blog’s territory to opine. At the Arthur W.

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An “Interview” with ChatGPT: What is Public Relations? How Has PR Changed? Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Comms Pros?

Sword and the Script

Public affairs: This involves working with government officials and agencies to shape public policy and advocate on behalf of an organization.”. This can include the number of times an article is shared on social media, or the number of people who see a television segment. This is reflective of a traditional view of public relations.

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Preview of my PRSA Talk, "Hacking Public Relations"

Where the Fishermen Ain't

Hacker,” in the ethical and non-pejorative sense , refers to someone with a passion for learning how a system works as well as relentlessly improving it. If PR inspires people to build something that does to PR what TiVo was supposed to do to television advertising , we''ll know (perhaps too late) that we failed.”

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Future of PR and social media for International Air Transport Association crisis communications conference

Stuart Bruce

I will be talking about mobile, data and wearable technology as the drivers and ethics, real time and content as the issues. We’ll look at ethics and governance. Edward Snowdon wants us to be afraid of big government prying into our lives. Private companies pose more of a threat than governments ever could.