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

PRSay

As PR practitioners, every day presents a new opportunity to reinforce our commitment to ethics. Such a scenario presented itself to me in 2010 and 2014. We also learned we could share it with the media, and we did so, but only after the internal VA channels didn’t work. The beauty of the truth.

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Is Lawsuit Against Marketing Firm’s Role in Opioid Crisis a Precedent for Public Relations?

PRSay

In the complaint, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey alleges that from 2010 to 2019, Publicis Health partnered with the drug company on dozens of contracts, collecting more than $50 million “in exchange for marketing schemes to get doctors to prescribe Purdue’s opioids to more patients.”. A commitment to ethics.

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The Importance of PR Skills in a Hyper-Globalized World

PRSay

In 2000, the company had become part of the DaimlerChrysler alliance, but then Mitsubishi tried unsuccessfully to hide defects in its cars, rather than acting ethically by conducting a mass recall. In 2010, Nissan Motor Company had contracted with Mitsubishi in a joint venture to design and produce minicars. to $3.97) per share.

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Meeting CIPR President candidate Mandy Pearse

Stephen Waddington

I’ve been a CIPR member since 2002 and a volunteer since 2010 as group Chair, Council and Board member I have a long track record of giving my time. Ethical communication is at the heart of this. I understand the governance and ethical issues that arise. Nine years ago I fought cancer. How do we overcome this challenge?

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Information Asymmetry: The Informed Minority Advantage

Doctor Spin

Inspired by the board game “Dead of Winter,” this film follows a group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic world who must deal with internal and external threats, including the possibility of a betrayer. Ethical Implications of Information Asymmetry In the 2nd century BCE, the Greek Stoics told the tale of the Merchant of Rhodes.

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An “Interview” with ChatGPT: What is Public Relations? How Has PR Changed? Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Comms Pros?

Sword and the Script

Internal communications: PR practitioners may also be responsible for communicating with employees and stakeholders within an organization. This is very old – like circa 2010 old. Should companies hire public relations people internally? There are pros and cons to hiring public relations (PR) professionals internally.

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PR history – prospecting for archival gold

PR Conversations

Both men were active in the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) in the 1960s and 1970s, a period when public relations was expanding as a communication practice in Europe and North America. The former Code of Ethics group chairman M. historyofpr/files/2010/03/EPRHN-Archive-Record-2nd-edition-March-2014.pdf.

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