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Ethics and PR Do Mix, But It’s Up to PR to Tell That Story

PR News

During the winter and summer holidays the PR department of a big pharma company sends employees a note about the company’s views on issues that might arise during conversations with friends and family at social gatherings.

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The 6-Step Guide to Creating a Thought Leadership Content Program

Contently - Strategy

Kroger wanted to position its pharmaceutical teams as thought leaders in vaccination science. Develop thought leadership content based on topics that interest your buyer personas, investors, or potential employees. Consider the following options: Sit in on meetings with internal thought leaders to listen for ideas.

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Cultures of Corruption

Mindful Marketing

reported that between 2017 and 2021, hundreds of EY employees acted unfairly either by using an ill-gotten answer key for an ethics component of the CPA exam or by cheating on ethics tests required for continuing education. The Security and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) As punishment for the systematic abuses, the S.E.C. the list goes on.

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The Comprehensive Marketing Audit: 21 Questions to Guide Strategic Planning

PR 20/20

As Paul Roetzer ( @paulroetzer ) states in Chapter 8 of The Marketing Performance Blueprint : “Every marketing plan should start with an honest internal marketing assessment. These metrics may be both internally facing (like efficiency) and business oriented (like leads closed or the number of campaigns managed). Email specialist.

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Managing Media Relations for a Publisher; Off Script No. 32: Rachael Wolensky of ALM

Sword and the Script

When she was 12 years old, her mother took her to a bring-your-child-to-work-day at Novartis, a giant pharmaceutical company. I balance a lot of hats internally and externally but it’s a challenge and I enjoy learning each day. I’m part of an internal committee at ALM and one of the things we do is focus on mental health.

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Engaging (and grilling) the social side of James Grunig

PR Conversations

employees, investors, etc.)? Other publics also seek consequences from an organization that the organization might prefer not to provide—such as a pharmaceutical company producing an orphan drug that might cure a disease but is not profitable. I believe the new media are perfect for practicing the two-way symmetrical model.

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Sizeable challenges: ensuring your communications work at scale

Presspage

Those who’ve achieved it have to focus harder on details like procedures and training manuals, as the size of the business separates the founders from employees and formal processes replace face-to-face contact. We’ve forged strong relationships with customers in complex sectors like pharmaceuticals and financial services.)