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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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How Can Businesses Create A More Ethical Environment – Erica Salmon Byrne

Ethical Voices

She was one of the first people I interviewed when Ethical Voices launched in 2019, and I figured it was time to have her back, particularly because Ethisphere recently released an updated list of the World’s Most Ethical companies. What are the top ethics issues facing companies? It has a couple of component pieces.

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Research From BEPS Results in Book Providing Guidance on Ethics Counsel

PRSay

We are pleased to report that our latest project has resulted in a book, “Public Relations Ethics: Senior PR Pros Tell Us How to Speak Up and Keep Your Job ,” published by Business Expert Press. All of these efforts are part of BEPS‘ commitment to providing thought leadership on ethics in public relations. Dr. Marlene S.

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Ethics: Not Just a Policy

PRSay

To paraphrase a friend of mine “Ethics should not just be a policy. Ethics is central to effective public relations. I wrote a few years ago about training your ethical mind and the lessons still hold true today. It’s why we have ethics month every year and why we created the PRSA ethics app. 15, time TBD.

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

Stephen Waddington

billion in 2016 (Public Relations and Communications Association, 2016). A body of knowledge, ethics and certification are the three foundations of a profession. Institutionalised training or a period of internship There is no requirement in public relations for a conversation from theory to practice.

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Are Millennials Equipped to be Ethical PR Leaders?

PRSay

Moving from tactical positions to more strategic roles is a significant milestone, but are they equipped to recognize and manage the ethical challenges they will face? This question was the focus of a September 2016 study sponsored by Arthur W. Page Center and the PRSA Board of Ethics & Professional Standards (BEPS).

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The robots have arrived in ethics

PR in High Definition

In March 2016, Microsoft launched an experimental Twitter chatbot to learn from other users, get smarter and eventually have conversations [2]. But once they’re trained within a reasonable degree of success, many organisations simply let them run. The post The robots have arrived in ethics appeared first on Firefly Communications.

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