Ethical Voices

JUNE 6, 2022

I asked them to share insights from a recent journal article they authored titled The Role of Ethical Leadership in Building Influence: Perspectives from Female Public Relations Professionals. . Would you please tell us more about this latest ethics study? Ethical leadership is critical. We found several key things.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Just two months ago, luggage company Away grappled with reputation stumbles after employees shared internal slack messages that unpacked a punitive workplace culture. ” In many companies, especially high-growth technology businesses, there have been different standards of behavior for certain employees.

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PR in High Definition

APRIL 27, 2023

ESG is short for Environmental, Social, Governance, so there are a host of wrap around components, like skills development, workforce reform or equality and social impact on communities. An ESG programme ultimately serves as a framework for measuring the sustainability and ethical impact of a company’s operations. Keep it real!

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Just two months ago, luggage company Away grappled with reputation stumbles after employees shared internal messages that unpacked a punitive workplace culture. In many companies, especially high-growth technology businesses, there have been different standards of behavior for certain employees. Where does accountability begin and end?

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PRSay

JULY 10, 2023

To avoid inflicting lasting reputational damage, communicators need to quickly decide whether to react to divisive political events. Now is the time to consider your organization’s values, map where they align and misalign with those of stakeholders and then implement a political-communication strategy for your brand.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

We were able to identify 6 management oriented roles associated with social media (social listening and analytics, online media relations, policy maker, employee recruiter, internal social media manager, and policing) and the specific duties those roles involve. My current research is focused on ethics and internal communication.

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Stern + Associates

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Existing data science techniques cannot accurately understand key cultural nuances in language amongst predominantly communities of color. You cannot, and should not, be an ethical engineer if you have not gone through a process in which you have to deal with your impact on the things you’re developing.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

But to the marketing and communications worlds, the reality is that it has been used in various forms for years, having started gaining momentum around 2015. Ways marketing communications is currently utilizing AI Data Analysis and Insights: AI enables marketers to analyze vast amounts of data and extract valuable insights quickly.

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Buchanan PR

APRIL 12, 2023

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) is a framework that helps companies measure and assess their ethical impacts using detailed criteria to meet their sustainability goals. These two disciplines are becoming increasingly important to businesses, employees, and consumers.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A scathing story in The Wall Street Journal recounted how female employees were subjected to sexual harassment and “inappropriate conduct” in the workplace. Too many corporations limit their role to refreshing the corporate sexual harassment policy or stepping up worksite sessions on the topic.

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 12, 2018

A senior communication professional shares a personal story of their own mental health and the difference between their organisation’s policy on mental health and the reality. It spotlights the gap between what organisations say, and what they are actually doing, to support their employees. Now please read on.

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Stern + Associates

JANUARY 6, 2022

Navigating the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Recently named Dean of the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University, Howard specializes in developing robotic and AI technologies that improve our daily home, life and work interactions, while addressing ethical concerns when deploying these systems to serve society.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Focusing on internal communications allows me to help my organization and clients build their brands. If our employees aren’t sold on our brand promise, how can they deliver it to customers and guests? Employee communications practitioners, by their very definition, have a focused audience. Who’s affected by this dilemma.

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Ethical Voices

MAY 6, 2023

She was one of the first people I interviewed when Ethical Voices launched in 2019, and I figured it was time to have her back, particularly because Ethisphere recently released an updated list of the World’s Most Ethical companies. What are the top ethics issues facing companies? It has a couple of component pieces.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Each September, PRSA recognizes Public Relations Ethics Month, supported by programs presented by the PRSA Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS). This year’s theme, Public Relations Ethics: Strengthening Our Core, guides a special focus on the six core values highlighted in the PRSA Code of Ethics.

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Solo PR Pro

MAY 16, 2023

Kristen Elworthy of Seven Hills Communications suggests bringing on whoever will be handling your work as far in advance as you can afford to and introducing them to clients so they're both comfortable. You'll have to carefully research and check policies, but some short term disability policies do include pregnancy and childbirth.

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5W PR

JUNE 6, 2017

If the crisis is something like your airline employees dragging someone out of his seat and off the flight because of a company policy. That is bad, but issuing an apology and making a change in policy may be enough to fix most of the damage. Refocus some of the efforts from the company and employees.

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PRSay

JULY 14, 2020

But for my team at MediaSource , transparency has been the best policy. Here are some of the ways transparency plays a major role, whether you’re a PR or marketing organization, a major conglomerate or a community business: Transparency within your team. Transparency in your public presence.

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Stern + Associates

MARCH 15, 2023

Author of the critically acclaimed book, “ The Hype Machine ” (2020), he helps organizations understand how ChatGPT and similar technologies could impact the job market and employee skills. Reid Blackman, Ph.D.

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Maxim Behar

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Maxim: I often say that right now the whole world is a big mess, and from this mess we have to create something that can suit businesses, employees, pensioners, of course, students, and all people. The second is different communications. How has the situation in our country affected the business? So, pragmatism is one of the things.

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Flatiron Communications

MARCH 13, 2021

It’s been a long-time pet peeve of mine to observe how many reputable firms in the PR industry will accept clients whose business or advocacy goals raise ethical questions. Interestingly, it is often left to the communications teams — internal and agency — to both conceive and implement social good strategies. The inimitable Prof.

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Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2023

In my recent article , “An Ethics Professor Tests the Morals of ChatGPT,” I considered the question of whether AI has ethics. Although ChatGPT adeptly identified the ethical issue as “the trolley problem,” it avoided any real recommendation of what should be done. There's no mention of entertainment.

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Mindful Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

That’s the question I set out to answer through research that began with a group of students in an Advertising Ethics class I was teaching. I presented those findings at the American Marketing Association’s Marketing & Public Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., Health Marketing Quarterly later published the study.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Some marketing and communications predictions suggest AI will change the world; others see a tailspin of noise and and see humanity as a path for differentiation Most marketing and PR professionals have formed strong viewpoints on AI. That much is apparent I compiled this year’s list of marketing and communications predictions.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Steve Earl and I captured many of these shifts in organisational communication in Brand Anarchy and Brand Vandals. Regulators have been unable to keep up with the changes in media, not just from an anti-competitive standpoint, but also in adhering to ethical standards. Three decades on I’m less positive. It clearly isn’t enough.

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Beyond PR

JUNE 16, 2017

Coveted by the investor relations professionals but viewed as unnecessary by many members of the institutional investor community, FCA2017 could require proxy advisory firms to register with the SEC several disclosures including: Financial statements. Their code of ethics. Potential conflicts of interest. Not the Senate.

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PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

For public relations practitioners committed to ethics and professionalism, the natural first instinct was self-righteous shock. Most codes of ethics are clear about why this is wrong. Another personal example: These days our firm communicates with leading bloggers almost as often as professional journalists.

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PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

For public relations practitioners committed to ethics and professionalism, the natural first instinct was self-righteous shock. Most codes of ethics are clear about why this is wrong. Another personal example: These days our firm communicates with leading bloggers almost as often as professional journalists.

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PR in High Definition

JULY 28, 2016

Plagiarism in the communications industry is an extremely dirty word, but unfortunately, it is not uncommon. As communication specialists, our role is to build and protect reputations. As communications leaders, it’s vital that we don’t let other team members or partners be enticed by the quick win.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

This can include the media, customers, employees, and the general public. Public relations professionals create and maintain a positive image for their organization, often through the use of marketing, branding, and communication strategies. They may also work to manage and respond to negative situations or issues that may arise.”.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This crisis plan should be based on a comprehensive business risk assessment and should be aligned with the business strategy and other company policies. You can do this by publishing a newsletter, which will inform employees and everyone else about what’s going on. A crisis plan should be developed and implemented immediately.

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Solo PR Pro

MARCH 1, 2016

Poor communication – do they not ask any questions or give a straightforward answer when they’re questioned? Management, particularly at the upper level, seem shut-off from reality, evade open communication and are intransigent to change. This can provide fertile ground for ethical – and legal – issues to possibly arise.

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NewsWhip

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

That ethical dimension is a little bit more complicated than what we’re summarizing it here, but that’s essentially what it comes down to. So it has both the competence and the ethics implied in that question. NGOs also are seen as ethical, but they’re not seen as having the ability to get much done.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 16, 2017

That instant, when he decided to forego PR agency revenue for ethical reasons, was a defining moment for me. Isolation is death, and being active in Minnesota PRSA is one way to help nurture a warm community of PR pros. Blew my mind. Dave’s compassion for a competitor hit me like a lightning bolt.

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Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The PR expert commented on the lack of information and accurate communication about the COVID pandemic on the part of the people in power. If I have to define what is happening for nine months in Bulgaria in terms of communication, communication policy, it is just one word - "failure". Even two - "complete failure".

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Buzzstream

MAY 23, 2018

The important thing to remember is that the GDPR is primarily concerned with handling data ethically and according to the intended purpose. Based on a fairly in-depth overview of the policy (also from ICO): Personal data will need to be retained for longer in some cases than in others. How GDPR Affects Data Processing for Outreach.

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Where the Fishermen Ain't

JUNE 13, 2014

Today, Edelman joins other agencies — including Ogilvy & Mather , Burson-Marsteller , FleishmanHillard , Ketchum , PNConnect , Peppercomm and Allison + Partners — in affirming a commitment to abide by Wikipedia principles and ensuring that employees and clients do the same. BBC , "PR firms pledge ''ethical'' use of Wikipedia".

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