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Book Review: Purposeful Brands

Wadds Inc.

Purposeful Brands is an erudite and original book with a straight-talking style that deals clearly with definitions of the core concepts of purpose and sustainability in particular. This book is not a communications manual, nor does it work by revealing new techniques for changing consumer or citizen behaviour via communications approaches.

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Book Review: A Century of Spin

Wadds Inc.

Ethics in public relations practice can be a challenging issue. The book is aimed at a general audience, in what Miller and Dinan say, “is our attempt to try to explain how the insidious and mysterious power of public relations works to undermine democracy.” To say this book is cynical about public relations is an understatement.

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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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Book review: Everyday Communication Strategies

Wadds Inc.

Prevention is better than cure - and if a crisis situation is often described as a car crash, this book is all about avoiding collisions. Her previous book Crisis Communication Strategies , drew on her two decades of experience. Claire is both a Chartered PR and a Chartered Marketer.

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Book Review: Can Marketing Save the Planet

Wadds Inc.

Though it’s explicitly billed as a marketing book, the advice covering strategic, ethical and commercial issues is highly applicable to public relations practitioners. Their previous book, Sustainable Marketing – How to Drive Profits with Purpose , was highly commended at the Business Book Awards 2022.

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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.

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Research From BEPS Results in Book Providing Guidance on Ethics Counsel

PRSay

We are pleased to report that our latest project has resulted in a book, “Public Relations Ethics: Senior PR Pros Tell Us How to Speak Up and Keep Your Job ,” published by Business Expert Press. All of these efforts are part of BEPS‘ commitment to providing thought leadership on ethics in public relations. Page Center.

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