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

Stephen Waddington

Public relations practitioners fall short of the expectations of a profession. It’s a limiting factor for public relations to realise its potential as a management discipline. There is no barrier to entry to working in public relations. In the UK the public relations market employs 99,900 people and contributes £16.7

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“Trust is a forward-looking metric” — Five key takeaways for business leaders from our chat with Tonia Ries on the Edelman Trust Barometer

NewsWhip

Edelman’s 24th annual Trust Barometer was launched last week and this year the focus was on innovation and the public’s perception of how those innovations are being introduced to society. Ries notes that these are more in the public eye than ever before, and that is likely to continue as more technology is introduced.

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

Wadds Inc.

Public relations practitioners fall short of the expectations of a profession. It’s a limiting factor for public relations to realise its potential as a management discipline. There is no barrier to entry to working in public relations. In the UK the public relations market employs 99,900 people and contributes £16.7

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Leveson Inquiry archive important contribution to debate and education on media ethics

Stephen Waddington

It provides access to a wealth of evidence from the landmark inquiry, which examined the central role of news and journalism in modern society. It heard evidence for more than eight months exploring the media's relationship with the public, politicians and the police. It's easy to forget how big the Leveson Inquiry was.

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Survey: How Millennials View #PREthics

PRSay

This month, the PRSA Board of Ethics and Professional Standards, together with the Arthur W. Page Center , is sponsoring survey research with Millennials who are members of PRSA to better understand their readiness to respond to ethical issues presented in the workplace. Sources of ethics education, training, and information.

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Double-dipping exposes reputation risk in blurred boundaries of PR and journalism

PR Conversations

As media scandals go, it was a big one for Canada: The revelation that for the past two years one of the nation’s better-known TV news anchors was a part owner of a small public relations firm. For public relations practitioners committed to ethics and professionalism, the natural first instinct was self-righteous shock.

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Double-dipping exposes reputation risk in blurred boundaries of PR and journalism

PR Conversations

As media scandals go, it was a big one for Canada: The revelation that for the past two years one of the nation’s better-known TV news anchors was a part owner of a small public relations firm. For public relations practitioners committed to ethics and professionalism, the natural first instinct was self-righteous shock.