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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. Just two months ago, luggage company Away grappled with reputation stumbles after employees shared internal slack messages that unpacked a punitive workplace culture.

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The Role of Ethical Leadership in Building Influence: A Female Perspective

Ethical Voices

I asked them to share insights from a recent journal article they authored titled The Role of Ethical Leadership in Building Influence: Perspectives from Female Public Relations Professionals. . Would you please tell us more about this latest ethics study? Ethical leadership is critical. We found several key things.

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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. In many companies, especially high-growth technology businesses, there have been different standards of behavior for certain employees.

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The Risks of Brand Stances on Political Issues

PRSay

Consider the ongoing fallout over the pressure that Disney faced from employees to respond to Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, signed by Gov. Dabros is an associate professor of political science and public policy at Aurora University in Aurora, Ill. On political issues, a brand will not make everyone happy.

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Evolving Roles and Responsibilities in Public Relations

Deirdre Breakenridge

Their study, “ Roles in Social Media: How the Practice of Public Relations is Evolving ” was published by PR Journal in Summer / Fall 2016. “A new role that emerged in this study was that of an internal social media manager, which involves managing internal social media channels used to communicate with employees.

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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.