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Public relations and professionalism: work to do to realise full potential

Stephen Waddington

A body of knowledge, ethics and certification are the three foundations of a profession. To work within an ethical framework on behalf of the organisation, in line with professional and societal expectations. Chartered status was granted by the Privy Council in 2005 enabling it grant Chartered accreditation to practitioners.

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Owning public relations as a management discipline

Wadds Inc.

Public relations historian Dr Rex Harlow interviewed 65 practitioners for a paper published in Public Relations Review in 1976 and unearthed 472 definitions. Through a series of 30 interviews with senior practitioners in FTSE100, Fortune500, and Euronet organisations, it described the role as managing the relationships around an organisation.

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Meet the Media: Seth Clevenger, Managing Editor for Features at Transport Topics

Bianchi Biz Blog

During my college years I contributed stories to the student newspaper and interned at a couple local news outlets in southwest Ohio before graduating with my bachelor’s in English-Journalism in 2005. That works both ways. Any pet peeves with PR people? I was raised on a small family farm in northwest Ohio.

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Unlocking the strategic potential of internal communications

Wadds Inc.

we recently published a report and a decision-making framework addressing this area as part of a research project funded by NewsWhip based on interviews with senior corporate communications practitioners. Prof Dr Betteke ven Rule nailed it in an essay in 2005 ‘ PRofessionals are from Venus, scholars are from Mars ’. At Wadds Inc.

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Public relations and professionalism: work to do to realise full potential

Wadds Inc.

A body of knowledge, ethics and certification are the three foundations of a profession. To work within an ethical framework on behalf of the organisation, in line with professional and societal expectations. Chartered status was granted by the Privy Council in 2005 enabling it grant Chartered accreditation to practitioners.

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New Year’s Honours 2015

Stuart Bruce

Professor Anne Gregory @gregsanne – I’ve known Anne for more than 20 years and she’s one of the most impressive advocates I know for increasing professionalism in public relations and emphasising how ethics should be at the heart of what we do. CIPR Ethics Politics public relations'

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Cider sip or cider slip? Would you let a politician endorse your brand?

Stephen Waddington

Boris Johnson endorses cider, Jo Swinson ethical clothing and Jeremy Corbyn an art gallery. Earlier in the week, Jo Swinson was pictured hanging out at the workshops of Finisterre, an ethical clothing brand. Prior to the 2005 election, Cornwall was Lib Dem yellow across the county, with one Labour constituency in Falmouth and Camborne.

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