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10 ethical issues facing public relations - PRCA Ethics Council Annual

Stephen Waddington

Artificial intelligence, paid influence, mental health and fake news are all issues identified by a group of international practitioners in a series of reflective essays published by the PRCA. The PRCA Ethics Council has published its annual perspective of ethical challenging facing PR practice in 2021.

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Unlocking the strategic potential of internal communications

Wadds Inc.

As organisations manage a complex business landscape, the internal communications function can demonstrate its value as a strategic management function. My focus as a public relations practitioner and management researcher is on elevating the internal communications function's role in management. At Wadds Inc.

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One key PR ethics lesson from the Pulse nightclub shooting – Ann Marie Varga

Ethical Voices

I call it divine intervention, and I’ve worked there since May 2020. Thinking about your career from circus to healthcare to agency, what is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted? Thinking about your career from circus to healthcare to agency, what is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted?

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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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To Improve Crisis-Response Plans, Bring in a Red Team

PRSay

Just skim the headlines and you’ll notice everything from fraud and deadly cyberattacks to ethics violations, faulty products and tone-deaf commercials bringing down the mightiest of organizations. Organizations are only as strong as how they respond in moments of crisis. Invite diverse feedback and open communication.

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PR Placing a Premium on Creativity; Findings from 5 Studies in Public Relations

Sword and the Script

FleishmanHillard Executive Creative Director Dan Margulis had a rather perceptive quote on the findings: “Creativity has always been the way out of crisisCrisis forced us to act but also freed us to evolve. Six in 10 comms pros face ethical challenges. Top challenges in internal communications.

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

He published a paper called PR 2020 on behalf of the CIPR in 2011 that examined the future of PR. The PR 2020 project was based on interviews with PR practitioners throughout the UK and the outlook for the forthcoming decade. They are all issues that will occupy us all in 2020. Issues in practice 1. Happy New Year.