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This Week in PR Ethics (03/02/23): Do Businesses Really Care About Diversity? What Happens When Employers Monitor Your Brain?

Ethical Voices

Some weighty, fascinating, and depressing ethics stories this week. From continued corporate failure when it comes to diversity, to further erosions of privacy, there are a number of deep and interesting ethics articles. The decline of privacy and ethics around big data are two topics I discuss regularly.

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European Communication Monitor: a 15-year retrospective

Wadds Inc.

Digitalisation and data The webinar examined the issue of digitalisation and big data, marking a shift toward a more data-driven public relations practice. Big data and algorithms. since 2016, [have] kept a very high position in our discussions," said Tench.

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Ethical Issues in Merging the Science and Art of Public Relations: Aaron Kwittken

Ethical Voices

Ethical issues in merging the science and art of public relations. Thinking about all the crisis work and all the different hats you’ve worn, what is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted? I learned the ethics challenge very early on in my career. What is the best piece of ethics advice you were given?

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The Importance of PR Skills in a Hyper-Globalized World

PRSay

In 2000, the company had become part of the DaimlerChrysler alliance, but then Mitsubishi tried unsuccessfully to hide defects in its cars, rather than acting ethically by conducting a mass recall. Fundamentally, public relations is about managing relationships, grounded in an ethical process of self-correction and two-way communication.

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Data, Privacy and Why Solo PR Pros Should Care

Solo PR Pro

Data has always informed the work of public relations professionals, but the sheer volume of information available today raises a new set of ethical and moral questions about what we collect, curate, share, and use. In fact, the explosive growth of data science may be part of the problem. We would love to hear from you.

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What Lies Ahead for Public Relations in 2018?

PRSay

Writing and presentation development will still be strongly emphasized, but successful PR practitioners of the future must also be adept at business, content creation, environmental scanning, managing people, ethics, purpose-driven corporate social responsibility, stakeholder engagement and interpreting data and analytics.

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Ethical Issues with Coalitions and Front Groups – Greg Bailey

Ethical Voices

He discusses a number of important public relations ethics issues including: What to do when a client asks you to hide their identity as part of a coalition. How to make sure your employees understand how you value ethics. What is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted at work?

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