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

PRSay

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse , in 2019 alone nearly 50,000 people in the United States died from overdoses of opioid drugs that included prescription pain relievers. the French conglomerate that had $11 billion in revenue last year, is the first marketing agency to face a lawsuit in the opioid crisis.

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How To Set Expectations In Public Relations

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In fact, CareerCast listed “PR executive” as one of the top ten most stressful gigs in its 2019 Most Stressful Jobs report. On the agency side, it’s sometimes because the team overpromises in their eagerness to win a new client. On the agency side, it’s sometimes because the team overpromises in their eagerness to win a new client.

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The Volume and Variety of Communications Work is Shifting, Finds 5th Annual Survey of Comms Pros

Sword and the Script

” In open-ended comments, respondents cite digital, internal comms and a greater focus on comms by leadership as among the underlying reasons. Some of those comments include the following: “Significantly more related to internal comms and recruiting.”. A mix of internal and external resources. Blog: Code of PR Ethics?

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Wake of the Pandemic: Businesses Value the Role of PR and Communications More than Ever [Survey]

Sword and the Script

More than half (54%) of respondents think more work will be shipped to outside agencies to help relieve the pressure. Shel Holtz , Director of Internal Communications, WEBCOR Builders and Co-Host of the For Immediate Release podcast. Blog: Code of PR Ethics? 2019 JOTW Communications Survey. The media relations struggle.

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What should you do when you think you received an unlawful order? Dave Honchul

Ethical Voices

He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: What should you do when you think you received an unlawful order? In my enlisted career, I did just about everything a public affairs person could do including media relations, internal information, community relations, the works. It’s amazing.

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Maxim Behar On "Focus" Radio: PR Experts Need To Know How To Use The Advantages Of AI, But Also Not Forget About The Risks.

Maxim Behar

The Bulgarian Association of PR Agencies accepted principles for the use of artificial intelligence in PR. Given the fast development in this field, AI has the potential to optimize processes and assist in addressing ethical dilemmas in agencies and companies. Each country has its laws, there are international laws.

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

Tackling fake news and disinformation: an ethical issue that strikes at the heart of practice 6. In 2019 it has published papers on disinformation and influencer marketing. Vuelio named this blog the best PR and communications blog in 2019. It was published by Leeds Beckett University at the Euprera Congress 2019.