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Ethics: Not Just a Policy

PRSay

To paraphrase a friend of mine “Ethics should not just be a policy. Ethics is central to effective public relations. I wrote a few years ago about training your ethical mind and the lessons still hold true today. It’s why we have ethics month every year and why we created the PRSA ethics app. 15, time TBD.

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Corporate Reputation And The Whistleblower Culture

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Its implosion was in large part due to first-rate reporting by The Wall Street Journal’s John Carreyrou, yet Carreyrou was originally tipped off a company insider. The key, of course, is for senior managers to model ethical behavior, and to cultivate an environment of full transparency. A mixed legacy.

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Corporate Reputation And The Whistleblower Culture

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Its implosion was in large part due to first-rate reporting by The Wall Street Journal ‘s John Carreyrou, yet Carreyrou was originally tipped off to irregularities by a company insider. The key, of course, is for senior managers to model ethical behavior, and to cultivate an environment of full transparency. A mixed legacy.

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Double-dipping exposes reputation risk in blurred boundaries of PR and journalism

PR Conversations

For public relations practitioners committed to ethics and professionalism, the natural first instinct was self-righteous shock. Most codes of ethics are clear about why this is wrong. When trust in journalism is broken, everyone loses. The boundaries between journalism and public relations are increasingly porous.

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Double-dipping exposes reputation risk in blurred boundaries of PR and journalism

PR Conversations

For public relations practitioners committed to ethics and professionalism, the natural first instinct was self-righteous shock. Most codes of ethics are clear about why this is wrong. When trust in journalism is broken, everyone loses. The boundaries between journalism and public relations are increasingly porous.

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Information Asymmetry: The Informed Minority Advantage

Doctor Spin

The goal for the fascists is to pass fascist policies or elect Secret Hitler, while the liberals aim to pass liberal policies or discover and stop Secret Hitler. Ethical Implications of Information Asymmetry In the 2nd century BCE, the Greek Stoics told the tale of the Merchant of Rhodes. Doctor Spin | The PR Blog.

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Major Challenges in Marketing

5W PR

Marketing professionals are used to working with journalists, who have a certain code of conduct and are bound by journalism ethics to investigate and tell the truth. Marketing teams were required to adjust specific policies and procedures in relation to attaining and retaining personal information of customers. Being unique.