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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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Trust: Business Tops Media and Government in Ethics and Competence, Finds Survey

Sword and the Script

Businesses are increasingly viewed as more ethical and competent than government, media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). That’s according to the 2021 Trust Barometer by Edelman (opens in PDF). Business is ethical and competent. To that end, NGOs were categorized as ethical but less competent. Stay in your lane.

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

Sword and the Script

I’ve spent the past few weeks breaking down the survey results from the 2021 JOTW Strategic Communications Survey ( overview , challenges and the media relations struggle ). ” Read more: The 2021 Creativity in PR Study by Provoke Media and Now Go Create. Six in 10 comms pros face ethical challenges.

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CBI sets out urgent requirement for internal and external communication on AI

Stephen Waddington

Ethics, employee engagement and wider stakeholder management are the three pillars of the CBI’s report AI: Ethics into practice. UK businesses have an opportunity to lead by example and take an ethical approach to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) according to the CBI. It is set to transform how we live and work.

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Maxim Behar Among PRCA MENA Regional Award Judges 2021

Maxim Behar

Maxim Behar will be one of the judges of PRCA MENA Regional Awards 2021 , honouring the year’s most effective and creative digital PR and communications campaigns, individuals, and teams across The Middle East and North Africa. Winners will be announced at the PRCA MENA Regional Awards 2021 event in Dubai on February 2021.

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5 Solo PR Pros Share Their Predictions for the PR Industry in 2021

Solo PR Pro

5 solo PR pros share their predictions for the PR industry in 2021. Unfortunately, it took shut-downs, and seismic shifts of 2020 for many in the C-suite recognize the critical value of consistent communications to internal and external audiences. Here's to an illuminated 2021 and the future of our industry.

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There’s no debate: Not paying an intern as a PR agency is unethical.

The Hoffman Agency

We recently had a call with a potential PR intern, as part of a series of chats we’re having for new agency hires for the year ahead. It’s just not ethical. In 2021, of all years, asking PR interns to work for free – perhaps knowing the supply-and-demand model is skewed in agencies’ favour ( as Mark has written previously – in 2017!