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From Crisis Point to Turning Point

Maxim Behar

“The Global PR Revolution” is delving into ethics, morality, accuracy, and transparency — but the fact is that the gist of our job has always been to tell the truth, and this is what we’ve been doing in our everyday lives. By September 2017, the Bell Pottinger firm had all. To prove it, he resigned from Bell Pottinger.

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

PRSay

In early May, the state of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against Publicis Health for its work with Purdue Pharma, claiming its “unfair and deceptive” marketing practices helped fuel the national opioid crisis. A commitment to ethics. For communicators, the suit reinforces the need to commit to ethical responsibilities.

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The robots have arrived in ethics

PR in High Definition

Until mid-September 2017, Facebook allowed ad buyers to target users who were interested in, or who had interacted with anti-Semitic content [1]. Handling a crisis in AI. But if things do go wrong, how do you handle an AI crisis? The first stage of any crisis, robot-fuelled or not, is understanding the situation clearly.

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Civility and Civil Discourse — Indispensable Attributes of Civilization

PRSay

However, I believe that civility is a question of morality because it is an expression of respect of other human beings and respect is a core ethical value. Emmanuel Tchividjian is the principal and owner of the Markus Gabriel Group , an ethics and communication consulting practice. He is a member of PRSA’s Advocacy Committee.

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State of PR 2017 with PRSA Phoenix

HMA Public Relations

Last week I attended the PRSA Phoenix State of PR 2017 + Annual Meeting luncheon and it was great! The luncheon included a great panel that reviewed trends in technology, communications, ethics and more. The post State of PR 2017 with PRSA Phoenix appeared first on HMA Public Relations.

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Bank Stress Tests Complete. Could Your Bank Now Pass a “Reputation” Test?

Reputation Us

After the economic downfall of 2008 the Fed wanted to ensure banks would be able to continue to lend to consumers and businesses even in a severe financial crisis. Banking Reputation Drivers for the past few years include: 2017. What baggage or scar tissue might remain from eight years ago with the financial crisis?

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Bank Stress Tests Complete. Could Your Bank Now Pass a “Reputation” Test?

Reputation Us

After the economic downfall of 2008 the Fed wanted to ensure banks would be able to continue to lend to consumers and businesses even in a severe financial crisis. Banking Reputation Drivers for the past few years include: 2017. What baggage or scar tissue might remain from eight years ago with the financial crisis?

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