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One key PR ethics lesson from the Pulse nightclub shooting – Ann Marie Varga

Ethical Voices

Thinking about your career from circus to healthcare to agency, what is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted? The most difficult ethical challenge for me occurred following the Pulse nightclub tragedy in 2016. What are you seeing as some of the key ethics challenges for today and tomorrow?

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6 Ways to Improve Your Business Expertise and Strengthen Your Ethical Core

PRSay

Each September, PRSA recognizes Public Relations Ethics Month, supported by programs presented by the PRSA Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS). This year’s theme, Public Relations Ethics: Strengthening Our Core, guides a special focus on the six core values highlighted in the PRSA Code of Ethics.

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What societal issues does every company have an ethical duty to support? – Niel Golightly

Ethical Voices

He discusses several important ethics issues, including: An important lesson he learned flying an F-14 over the Indian Ocean What is the hardest ethical decision? What societal issues does every company have an ethical duty to support? Let’s take the energy industry just as one example.

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Millennial Research Shapes the FEEL First Model

Deirdre Breakenridge

” For the purposes of my one-on-one interviews, “Leaders” were defined as their own company leaders, business executives from familiar brands, or from the brands and the causes they cared about, and political leaders too. I also started to uncover the types of interactions Millennials expected from their “Leaders.”

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S&T Live Recap: Leadership Takeaways From Ken Jacobs

PRSay

Since 2014, Jacobs has written the paper’s “ Taking the Lead ” column, which features Q&A interviews with PR leaders. Sometimes, being ethical means losing clients. When trying to please and retain clients, adhering to ethical practices “can create some sticky business situations,” Jacobs said. It all starts with respect.”

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How Sustainable Fashion Brands Can Utilize PR To Communicate Their Values

5W PR

Sustainability in fashion has emerged as a pivotal movement within the fashion industry, driven by growing consumer demand for ethical, environmentally conscious, and socially responsible practices. Minimizing energy consumption, water usage, and waste generation in production. What is sustainable fashion?

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Meet PRSA Board of Directors Nominee Michelle Egan, APR, Fellow, PRSA

PRSay

Each week this fall, PRsay will interview one of the nominees for the 2021 PRSA Board of Directors. Whether in Chapter, District, Section or committee roles, our volunteers seem to have endless energy and commitment to the organization and that makes me want to keep saying “yes.” Name : Michelle Egan, APR, Fellow, PRSA.

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