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#PR Expanded Guest Post: Ethical Awareness … It’s Never Too Early

Deirdre Breakenridge

I know that ethics is “taught” in various forms in most colleges and universities, but I have serious concerns as to whether or not the “real world” is included in the process. But how much “this is why ethical behavior is crucial to the success of your client or employer” reality is included, I’m not sure.

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An Introduction to Ethics Month, With Thanks

PRSay

Each September, PRSA takes the opportunity to spotlight ethics, which must be a constant focus for the PR profession regardless of which month we’re in. Without rigorous study and application of ethical principles, trust is inevitably lost, and without trust the PR function and organizational life deteriorate into dysfunction or failure.

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Humans still needed in AI-assisted public relations

Wadds Inc.

The public relations profession will continue to need human skills such as emotional intelligence, ethical reasoning and strategic judgement that technology cannot replicate. The analysis is consistent with a CIPR report published in 2018 called Humans Still Needed.

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Study: CEO Turnover Rate in 2018 Was the Highest in 10 Years

PRSay

According to a study by executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a total of 1,452 CEOs left their posts in 2018, marking the highest number of departures since 2008’s 1,484 and a 25.2 Boards are anticipating a changing environment and putting leadership in place who are capable of succeeding in it.”.

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Don’t Overlook Your Office Neighbors: The Importance of Building Internal Relationships

Deirdre Breakenridge

Many young professionals aspire to leadership roles in their organizations, and senior executives advise the way to the top requires a concerted effort to build relationships across an organization over time. Page Society in preparation for the book, “ Public Relations Ethics: Senior PR Pros Tell Us How to Speak Up and Keep Your Job.”.

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European Communication Monitor: a 15-year retrospective

Wadds Inc.

The European Communication Monitor offers insights for public relations practice on trust, strategy, digitalisation and hyperconnectivity, leadership, and inclusivity. It peaked with its most relevance in 2018," he said. It provides a signpost to how practitioners should develop future skills.

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Is It Plagiarism or Jumping on a Trend? The Ethics of Social Media Content

Contently - Strategy

A 2018 report by Jeff Allen, Facebook’s senior data scientist, noted that: “About 40 percent of the traffic to Facebook pages…went to pages that stole or repurposed most of their content.” This is a great tactic for thought leadership content, in particular. What is social media plagiarism? Be inspired.