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10 ethical issues facing public relations - PRCA Ethics Council Annual

Stephen Waddington

The PRCA Ethics Council has published its annual perspective of ethical challenging facing PR practice in 2021. The Council was launched in May 2020 to raise ethical standards in PR around the world. Here are ten of the ethical issues facing practitioners highlighted in PRCA Ethics Council Annual Perspective 2021.

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Page report highlights management communications opportunity

Wadds Inc.

I described this shift in a paper for the Government Communication Service in 2020. The report argues that the current role of corporate communications has been elevated significantly because of geopolitical uncertainty, technological disruption, societal shifts, and heightened stakeholder expectations.

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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?

Ethics 91
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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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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. What we do 5.

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Edelman Trust Barometer: Inequality undermines trust, fear eclipses hope

Stephen Waddington

The annual Edelman Trust Barometer 2020 is a grim read. The average level of trust among the UK population in NGOs, business, government and media has reached a low of 42% according to the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer. The obsession with trust reflects a trend we call the crisis of the elites.

Ethics 84
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The journey from lockdown

Stephen Waddington

The challenge with the COVID-19 crisis is that it requires an international governmental response and there are countless unknowns. The crisis has widened the socio-economic gap in society. The UK’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty has suggested that social distancing will continue until the end of 2020. It’s worked.