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Leading With Ethics During COVID-19

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Each September, PRSA celebrates Ethics Month, featuring programs presented by the PRSA Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS). Please join the discussion via #PRSAChat and #EthicsMonth, and follow along with our ethics-related blog posts, webinars and Twitter Chats throughout the month.

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Philanthropist Craig Newmark on Ethical Communication

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“My idea of ethical behavior is treating people like you want to be treated,” Craig Newmark said. 4 guest for the “PRSA Storytellers Series: Leading With Ethics — A View From the Top,” a live webinar hosted by the PRSA Board of Ethics and Professional Standards. The downside “is that it exposes you to greater scrutiny.”.

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

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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. We assigned an intern to her to make sure she ate, to take notes, to answer her phone, to take messages.

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How to Build Trust Ethically and Effectively – Roy Reid

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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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An Ethical Test: Why I Blew the Whistle on Corruption at My Organization

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As PR practitioners, every day presents a new opportunity to reinforce our commitment to ethics. I had been enjoying my time as a public affairs officer at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System (PVAHCS). We also learned we could share it with the media, and we did so, but only after the internal VA channels didn’t work.

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Ethics, Copyright and PR Practice: Ethical and Legal Considerations for Communicators

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PR practitioners are required to act ethically in all communications. However, in the digital age sometimes well-intentioned ethical communication can still run afoul of copyright law. laws are changing copyright: As PR work becomes increasingly international it is important to think about legal implications beyond a U.S.

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The Major Ethical Issues in Employee Communications – Ethan McCarty  

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He shares some great public relations ethics insights including: The ongoing ethical challenge of creating shared beliefs. Ethical issues with creating your own echo chamber. Ethical perils in personalizing employee communications. The ethics of quiet quitting. Can an organization even have values?

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