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Can Military Influencers Ethically Use Their Status to Sell Services?

PRSay

Each September, PRSA celebrates Ethics Month, featuring programs presented by the PRSA Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS). This year’s theme is “Leading With Ethics.” Please join the discussion on Twitter via #EthicsMonth, and follow along with our ethics-related blog posts, as well as two webinars (on Sept.

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This Week in PR Ethics (2/23/23): Subway Surfing, Laundering Reputations, and Psychological Targeting

Ethical Voices

This week there were some ironic ethics issues – but the most intriguing articles are both depressing and important. What content should social media companies censor? What are the ethics of psychological targeting? The MTA claims videos of young people riding atop the subways surged by 160% between 2019 and 2022.

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Hate Speech and Ethics: A 3-Dimensional Issue

PRSay

Each September, PRSA celebrates Ethics Month, featuring programs presented by the PRSA Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS). This year’s theme is “Ethics Every Day.” Please join the discussion via #PRethics, and follow along with our ethics-related blog posts, webinars and Twitter Chats throughout the month.

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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. Our role was limited to implementing Purdue’s advertising plan and buying media space. A commitment to ethics.

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Modern Communicators Need to FEEL + THINK Before They Communicate

Deirdre Breakenridge

When you FEEL you’re digging deeper to discover Fears, Empathy, Ethics and Love for the mission. Make 2019 the year that you step back and really challenge yourself to FEEL as the first step toward better communication.

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Top 10 takeaways from the CIPR State of the Profession survey 2019

Stuart Bruce

The top 10 takeaways for PR professionals are: … The post Top 10 takeaways from the CIPR State of the Profession survey 2019 appeared first on Stuart Bruce. The UK’s CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) has published its latest State of the Profession Survey.

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Exploring teaching, research, and ethical practices in influencer marketing

Karen Freberg

This will continue to be apparent as we enter 2019. They have more credibility in many ways compared to other forms of media out there presently. What about analyzing the content of their media kit? Do they have metrics and results in their media kits? Creating an ethical code of conduct for influencers.

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