Ethical Voices

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Thinking about your career from circus to healthcare to agency, what is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted? The most difficult ethical challenge for me occurred following the Pulse nightclub tragedy in 2016. I was working for Orange County government and I led the communications team through a nightmare week.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

September is PRSA Ethics Month and #PRStudChat will be holding an ethics discussion on Tuesday, September 13th at 8:30 p.m. Our community of PR students, educators and pros will join together for a dynamic Twitter chat on “Ethics – The Heart of Leadership.” Hope to “see” you on the 13th!

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Ethical Voices

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Joining me on this week’s episode is Brian Peterson , the principal of Greater Life Communications. He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: How respect can effectively address unethical situations. The ethical threat of incivility. How public relations professionals are failing and what we can do.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 18, 2020

I think I could make a case arguing the ethics either way. Professional communicators that have worked on similar messages know these things go through all sorts of review. Often the final result reflects an executive preference, but the communicator becomes the conduit. Give our services a try. for this question.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 6, 2022

Public relations practitioners fall short of the expectations of a profession. It’s a limiting factor for public relations to realise its potential as a management discipline. There is no barrier to entry to working in public relations. In the UK the public relations market employs 99,900 people and contributes £16.7

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Scott Public Relations

JULY 13, 2023

These reverberations are also reshaping the global operating environment of PR and comms firms as well as clients’ communication needs. Media relations, strategic communication and content production are in particularly high demand in 2023. Communication cannot work in isolation but must be woven into the very fabric of business.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2021

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 ). This week I paused to catch up on reading several other surveys of interest to PR and communications. Six in 10 comms pros face ethical challenges.

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Ethical Voices

AUGUST 22, 2022

She discusses a number of important issues, including: The ethical challenges of weaponized communication. I have a degree in Organizational Communication, then applied that first working in the space division of Boeing, back when the International Space Station was still on the ground and being built.

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PRSay

JULY 29, 2022

For communicators in today’s hyper-globalized world, achieving an organization’s goals is becoming more complex. A growing multiplicity of voices and communications channels accompanies disruptive technologies and radical new business models. A brand’s communications should remain “simple, short and concrete,” he said.

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PRSay

JUNE 9, 2021

The suit claims that Publicis Health worked with Purdue’s internal marketing team to “humanize” the brand by creating “patient vignettes” — examples of patients with certain clinical conditions — to help doctors spot people for whom they might prescribe OxyContin. A commitment to ethics.

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Ethical Voices

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This week in public relations ethics there were some really interesting articles that look at duty, leadership and the need for counsel. How to be an ethical leader – Business News Daily had an interesting article on how to be an ethical leader. Is it ever right to sabotage your company?

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Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 13, 2019

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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Ethical Voices

JULY 25, 2022

Joining me on this week’s episode is Filomena Fanelli , CEO of Impact PR & Communications. She discusses a number of important ethical issues, including: Why we need to trust but verify. Ethics and predatory lending. I never imagined I’d have a career in public relations. So nearly 24 years in, here I am.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Businesses are increasingly viewed as more ethical and competent than government, media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Business is ethical and competent. According to the survey, business was the only institution that respondents classified as both ethical and competent. click image for higher resolution).

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Wadds Inc.

JUNE 5, 2023

Amanda Coleman's Everyday Communications Strategies provides advice on proactively managing issues in corporate communication. A preventative approach runs through Amanda Coleman’s Everyday Communications Strategies: Manage Common Issues to Prevent a Crisis and Protect Your Brand.

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Ethical Voices

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Joining me on this week’s episode of EthicalVoices is Cheryll Forsatz , the Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Relations for Ferrero USA. I am a corporate communications and brand strategist with more than 25 years of experience working with global consumer brands. Now, internal is external.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Page Society in preparation for the book, “ Public Relations Ethics: Senior PR Pros Tell Us How to Speak Up and Keep Your Job.”. She teaches courses in public relations and advertising. Her research interests include public relations management and ethics. While relationships are crucial, so are the basics.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The college intern who had been working with the agency on my company’s account that summer was the son of the CEO of our biggest competitor. The competitor’s CEO and our intern had the same fairly common last name. The competitor’s CEO and our intern had the same fairly common last name. Yes, said the intern.

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PRSay

JANUARY 26, 2021

The concept of crisis communications can elicit images of Olivia Pope on the ABC series “ Scandal ” rattling off a monologue to a slew of reporters. While not quite as cinematic in reality, crisis communications is at the heart of any professional communication enterprise. The violence in our nation’s Capitol on Jan.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 24, 2022

A fundamental public relations problem lies at the heart of public relations practice. “We People don’t often understand what we do, and we don’t help ourselves,” said Chris Foster, CEO, Omnicom Public Relations. The public relations function had a good COVID-19 pandemic. The public makes no such distinction.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

As PR practitioners, every day presents a new opportunity to reinforce our commitment to ethics. I had been enjoying my time as a public affairs officer at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System (PVAHCS). We also learned we could share it with the media, and we did so, but only after the internal VA channels didn’t work.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 7, 2017

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. Dr. Marlene S.

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Ethical Voices

MAY 8, 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 24, 2019

Each September, PRSA celebrates Ethics Month, featuring programs presented by the PRSA Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS). This year’s theme is “Ethics Every Day.” Please join the discussion via #PRethics, and follow along with our ethics-related blog posts, webinars and Twitter Chats throughout the month.

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Maxim Behar

JUNE 23, 2022

The globally renowned PR expert Maxim Behar has been designated International Fellow of the world’s largest professional PR body - Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA). As PRCA International Fellow, Maxim's key role will be to help shape thinking on the future of the industry.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 12, 2016

A wave of mild panic is sweeping over public relations agencies all over the land this week as this year’s crop of summer interns prepares to go back to school. If you already have a rigid gameplan for a student intern, be prepared to trash it. Don’t fence me in. Be prepared to be flexible, and be amazed.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2023

BuzzSumo edges into PR with journalist database for SMBs; Poppulo adds generative AI for internal comms; why don’t PR software vendors follow basic PR standard practices? Poppulo adds generative AI for internal comms Poppulo, which develops an internal comms platform called Harmony, said it embedded generative AI into its platform.

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PRSay

JANUARY 14, 2022

More than 50 years later, his words ring true as a map to become a better communicator in 2022. Public relations must take a lead in offering objective facts from the best sources. Teams must also devote time to communicating the need to increase fees and lower delivery speeds. Last year offered very few glory days.

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Ethical Voices

MARCH 24, 2022

Do ethics matter to employees? What is ethical lobbying? This week there were some great stories – and a funny Dilbert cartoon on ethics. A great discussion topic is where do you draw the line in business and is there a line in international relations and war? What is Ethical Lobbying?

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Solo PR Pro

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Given the unique pressures of the public relations industry, especially for those running their own business, this new era of transparency is welcomed. Yet many professional communicators find it challenging to articulate personal struggles related to mental well-being.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Their study, “ Roles in Social Media: How the Practice of Public Relations is Evolving ” was published by PR Journal in Summer / Fall 2016. Many of these findings support and add to what you reported in your book, “ Social Media and Public Relations: Eight Practices for the PR Professional. – Marlene Neill.

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Stephen Waddington

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Media and public relations are rich areas for research. I deliver an annual lecture for media and public relations students at Newcastle University about contemporary areas of practice. They make a genuine contribution to the professional body of knowledge in public relations. It’s a start point to for dissertation topics.

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Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

I am still on the executive board of the global PR organization ICCO and together with my colleagues we’re trying to establish principles on how to govern the ethical use of AI in terms of copyright. All that has a clear purpose and reason is ethical, as I’ve been saying for years. Good morning. Maxim Behar: Good morning.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 3, 2022

Public relations practice operates along a spectrum of theoretical ideologies from defensive to organisational conscience. There is no universal theory of public relations. Organisations is used throughout this blog post as a catch all phrase for charitable, corporate, public sector entities. Seven ideologies are set out below.

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Ethical Voices

AUGUST 1, 2022

Joining me in this week’s episode is Ken Kerrigan , a Vice President at Infinite Global , an international communications firm specializing in public relations, branding, and content. Ken discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: Too many beers – Ethics and client conflicts. He’s great.

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Shift Communications

MAY 17, 2023

By Leslie Clavin, VP, Editorial Services For two decades, SHIFT has guided clients through communications challenges as automation and artificial intelligence entered, disrupted and transformed their markets, from healthcare to manufacturing to transportation and beyond. Now, it has finally come for us: AI in public relations is here.

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PRSay

MARCH 19, 2018

A recurring discussion at Ethisphere’s two-day Global Ethics Summit in New York City was how diversity and inclusion initiatives are changing the way businesses operate, altering everything from hiring practices and internal communications to consumer outreach. Metrics help prove internal D&I successes.

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