Ethical Voices

AUGUST 1, 2022

Joining me in this week’s episode is Ken Kerrigan , a Vice President at Infinite Global , an international communications firm specializing in public relations, branding, and content. Ken discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: Too many beers – Ethics and client conflicts. That situation arose.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

So far in 2024, the Los Angeles Times , The Wall Street Journal , Time magazine, Sports Illustrated and National Geographi c, among other outlets, have all conducted layoffs, while journalists at several Condé Nast publications staged walkouts over proposed job cuts. During the five-week course, several co-presenters will join them.

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Ethical Voices

JUNE 12, 2023

What is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted? I think I’ve been constantly frustrated by the idea that even if we lost that Supreme Court case, we could have at least built public opinion and public support along the way. I’ve brought that lens to the agency space and as a consultant.

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PRSay

JANUARY 3, 2018

Writing and presentation development will still be strongly emphasized, but successful PR practitioners of the future must also be adept at business, content creation, environmental scanning, managing people, ethics, purpose-driven corporate social responsibility, stakeholder engagement and interpreting data and analytics.

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Mindful Marketing

JULY 16, 2022

by David Hagenbuch - professor of Marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing “ Auditors Cheated on Ethics Exams ”—a recent New York Times headline revealed. Who would cheat on ethics?— The Security and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.)

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 29, 2020

Studies find media relations isn’t the top PR service anymore; PR weakness on technical skills; execs are key to shaping corporate social positions Several interesting reports on the PR industry were published earlier in 2020 but got lost in the blur that unfolded since. This weekend, I had a chance to go back and review a few of them.

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Wadds Inc.

JUNE 5, 2023

Amanda Coleman's Everyday Communications Strategies provides advice on proactively managing issues in corporate communication. Coleman’s pedigree in crisis communications is unrivalled, having been the Head of Corporate Communications for Greater Manchester Police. Coleman’s manual is reassuringly comprehensive.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

We interviewed ChatGPT about public relations and while it does well with high-level questions, it becomes repetitive when those questions were more nuanced; the system says it is “unlikely” that it “or any other AI system will fully replace public relations (PR) professionals”. What is public relations?

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PRSay

JULY 10, 2023

Among them, do brands have a responsibility to develop a public political strategy? A corporate mission in action means being proactive about how the organization demonstrates its values to the world. corporations that continued to do business in Russia after the invasion. Clear messages on complex issues are important.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

By 2010, the opioid epidemic was already in full swing, and public concern about it had grown. Write every document, email, text and Teams message as if it could eventually show up on the front page of The New York Times. Will you be able to legally, ethically, reputationally defend the advice you gave?

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PRSay

APRIL 11, 2018

I have a wide range of experience, from internal to corporate to digital communications. Thanks to the encouragement of my colleagues (especially my manager), I decided to pursue my Accreditation in Public Relations. I spent about a month assembling my presentation binder, writing talking points and rehearsing.

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Ethical Voices

APRIL 17, 2023

Joining me on this week’s episode of EthicalVoices is Roger Bolton , the president of Page , the premier global professional association for senior corporate communications executives. He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: It’s great to be with you, Mark. Thank you so much for the opportunity.

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PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

Whether you serve a large corporation, small nonprofit, major research university or municipal government, at some point your boss has probably said, “We need more media attention. Also think about niche publications that cover your sector. Keep it ethical. The webinar is available for free to PRSA members.

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PR Conversations

AUGUST 7, 2014

I toyed with “61 ways to know if you’re ready for wearables,” tip-toed around “True Life: Why PR was disconnected from the Internet of Everything” and dallied with “Must watch: 17 corporate data disasters that killed the companies,” as my post title. How are organisations going to use it all?

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Nearly a decade ago, the PRSA Foundation sponsored research that found only 23 percent of graduate business schools consistently provide instruction in reputation management, corporate communications and related ethical dimensions. Students write about a current event and critique the assessment.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten. Blogs, including independent and corporate blogs, can be credible. Their study was published in the Journal of Promotion Management and summarized in a piece for the Institute for Public Relations ( IPR ).

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 10, 2012

I’ve been known to “occasionally” jump on my soapbox to rail against everything from students’ inability to write coherent sentences to public transit systems’ inability to provide anything vaguely resembling “service.”. Then I explain (for the bazillionth time) that that is the beauty and the challenge of public relations.

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Critical Mention

AUGUST 20, 2020

As PR pros work from home, now is a good time for them to sharpen their communication and public relations skills through educational resources. Even though many public meetings, events and conferences have been canceled, communication is still evolving. The Art of Public Speaking. PRSSA Webinars. SCHEDULE A DEMO.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 2, 2019

PR is one of the best ways to build visibility for a corporate brand while getting the word out about a given product or service. PR pros should consistently make inroads for executives to become regular contributors to both trade and mainstream publications. See this post for tips on writing stellar executive bylines.

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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. When I was asked to speak outside of the U.S.,

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PR Conversations

OCTOBER 28, 2014

For me a highlight was the work done before and during the forum on leadership and this, in turn, led to the Madrid Momentum discussed in Learning to Lead , which will seek to capture the richness of the leadership roles that public relations professionals fulfil around the world. The four Ps of public relations leadership.

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Wadds Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2023

and a wide ranging conversation about public relations practice. Core Habits of the Masterful Public Relations Professional is a book about the character and reflexivity of public relations practitioners. I focus on eight core habits the masterful public relations professional must embrace and include resiliency.

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Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Media ethics forbid this, but advertising packages often come with editorial opportunities, access to journalists, or advertorials. With public platforms, succeeding in a pay-to-play world mostly means advance planning. Do you completely disagree and believe journalism ethics are alive and well today? Let me know.

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Stuart Bruce

MARCH 16, 2015

I’ve been a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) since I was a student (long before it added the chartered to its name). When I ran a PR consultancy I ensured it joined the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) and late last year I joined it as an individual member. Annual fee £197.

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PR Conversations

JANUARY 29, 2016

It’s become the default activity of public communications even around series issues. And let’s not think about ethics – or social justice – or worry about feminism, when clearly all women are bothered about is bread. Where does public relations sit right now in this pay-to-play Fourth Industrial Revolution?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 25, 2018

This year’s best picture nominees offer glimpses into different lives and compelling stories, and they also offer up some lessons for public relations professionals. What’s notable about the film, for anyone who writes for a living, is its masterful use of language. Phantom Thread. But one thing that hasn’t changed?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Public relations will be pivotal in elevating trust through promotions of client wins, industry accreditations, awards, analyst remarks and influencer endorsements. ” ~ Megan Paquin , APR, CPRC, Managing Director, Paquin Public Relations 10. ” ~ Khaner Walker , Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Syneos Health 16.

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Polaris

DECEMBER 11, 2014

When I graduated from Ivey back in the ’80s, reputation management and its kin, corporate social responsibility, were foreign concepts. I recall a finance class in first year when someone mentioned ethics. and the professor promptly wrote the word “ethics” in really tiny letters in a corner of the chalkboard.

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Ethical Voices

JANUARY 22, 2024

He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: What to do when your client asks you to besmirch the competition How to effectively and ethically build trust What to do when employees, clients and partners break your trust Why don’t you tell us a little bit more about yourself and your career?

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MaccaPR

JULY 2, 2014

Wikipedia is a permanent part of our public culture. This will set yourself apart, as a full 25 percent of communicators surveyed in a 2012 Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) study were not familiar with their own Wikipedia pages. The Wikipedia foundation believes employees, supporters and publicity agents (e.g.

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 12, 2018

You’ll get a measure of the individual's seniority and maturity from their writing. A #FuturePRoof project that I led with Sarah Hall for the PRCA in 2017 found that that mental illness in public relations is frequently ignored, or managed as a line management or performance issue. As I write this, I'm still in a pretty bad place.

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PRSay

JULY 14, 2020

Should corporate leaders share their own beliefs? Along with other business leaders in Columbus, I signed a letter to Columbus City Council calling for racism to be declared a public health crisis, and communicated with my team the importance of working to improve this systemic problem both inside and outside our own offices.

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PR Conversations

AUGUST 11, 2015

We have received an invitation from Professor Anne Gregory and Jean Valin for all readers and contributors to PRConversations to get involved in a global project defining the capabilities of proficient public relations practitioners. ethics and law. crisis communication. communication models and theories. history and current events.

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Stuart Bruce

MAY 29, 2016

I actually laughed out loud when I read this story about the BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson setting up a corporate consultancy to advise on crisis communications and then even more rapidly closing it again because of the crisis it created. According to his agent: “Simpson has not yet taken on any corporate work.”

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 29, 2019

PR pros can deliver exceptional multimedia experiences by spreading their brand’s updates and releases across TV, radio, social media and online publications. Quickly expand your audience by joining professional public relations and marketing associations: PRSA | Public Relations Society of America . Share Tweet Share.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The greatest of these is the shift away from media relations as the dominant means of public engagement to working across all forms of media. First, the ease with which disinformation can be created and spread via social media has huge implications for public engagement and discourse in society. Representing the public that we serve 4.

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PR Job Coach

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

I have written before about the internship on behalf of the Public Relations Society of America and have not changed my opinion one iota. As young professionals, your goal is to secure a full time professional position in public relations. Assuming you excel in the job, will the employer agree to put it in writing ahead of time?

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