Ethical Voices

JUNE 12, 2023

Joining me in this week’s episode is Zainab Chaudary , Senior Vice President at New Heights Communications. I met her at a great session on AI and political communications hosted by Peter Loge at George Washington University. Folks who worked at that organization bring a very different perspective to advocacy communications.

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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. There are days where ethical challenges are around every turn. Ethics is actions, not words.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 18, 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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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. Write with journalistic ideals.

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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. It becomes a more collaborative approach.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Whether you’re a management consultant, lawyer, investment banker or communicator, any adviser in these situations must do several key things: • Put yourself in the mind of whoever is on the other side of an issue. . Write every document, email, text and Teams message as if it could eventually show up on the front page of The New York Times.

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Ethical Voices

JANUARY 23, 2023

She discusses a number of important ethics topics, including: Where do you draw the competitive line? What is our first responsibility in ethical situations? Ethics issues with influencers Why don’t you tell us more about yourself and your career? I am currently the CEO and Co-owner of the Caliber Group.

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Axia PR

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Many companies ask their PR firm to write Wikipedia articles on their behalf. This is not an ethical practice. Here are several steps PR and HR professionals can take to ethically ensure your company is updating your company’s Wikipedia page.

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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 19, 2022

For Ethics Month, I wanted to look at new topics and geographies. Joining me this week is Alex Dance , the Managing Director of ERA Communications in Cambodia. He discusses several important ethics issues, including: What should you do when clients are even tangentially affiliated with a coup? Ethical challenges with clickbait.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 1, 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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Ethical Voices

MAY 18, 2023

I was fascinated by the studies and believe they provide some insights that will be of use to any communication professional dealing with climate change or clean energy. Schrag believes that our communication efforts have been effective and are overcoming consumer hesitancy and confusion about adopting clean energy.

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Critical Mention

AUGUST 20, 2020

As PR pros work from home, now is a good time for them to sharpen their communication and public relations skills through educational resources. Even though many public meetings, events and conferences have been canceled, communication is still evolving. Share Tweet Share. PR Week Webinars. Talk Like Ted. PRSSA Webinars.

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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. That situation arose.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When I earned my APR many years ago, one benefit I had not considered was that it would make me both a better compiler of PR/communications award entries and a shrewder judge for other organizations’ awards programs. Glenn Gillen, APR, is a regional PR and communications manager for accredited online Western Governors University.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

What makes it so important that we would write about it so often? How to “Newsjack” – Ethically Opportunistic and insensitive attempts at newsjacking have given it a bad connotation in some circles, but newsjacking doesn’t have to be negative! appeared first on Crenshaw Communications. So what is newsjacking?

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PRSay

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In 2023, “AI has become a huge topic,” said Chris Perry, chair of Weber Shandwick Futures , the communication firm’s research and development lab that seeks to help PR agencies and their clients adapt to the major changes that artificial intelligence is causing. PR professionals “can’t sit around and talk about generative AI,” Perry said. “We

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Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

However, I feel like it’s already becoming a predominant part of our work, especially when it comes to writing texts or doing graphic design. 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.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

In honor of our “Storytelling & Writing” issue, we posed the following question for February: “What inspires your writing?”. “The writing I produce is driven by the desire to deliver honest, compelling and ethical communications that has value to society. ” — Edward M.

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Wadds Inc.

MARCH 8, 2023

How to experiment with the use of AI tools in your agency or communication team workflow. The threat are copyright and ethical issues that arise from the use of AI tools. My suggestion would be to identify common tasks within your agency or communication team.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2023

I’ve been writing this monthly column about PR technology companies for nearly five years – and I’m still continuously reminded that while these companies make software for communicators, they are not typically communication experts. PR Newswire teamed up with AKA Partners , a “video-first marketing communications” agency.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 17, 2024

It will dramatically influence communications and provide new avenues for PR – but only for those professionals who choose to harness it. While] only 6% of pros at brands think that’s the right move,” this calls to mind larger conversations around transparency and ethics. We saw newsrooms grapple with rules for AI throughout 2023.

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PR in High Definition

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Tasks ranged from writing emails , to composing song lyrics , drafting academic essays and everything in between. AI that can create new content, also known as generative AI, has faced its share of ethical concerns over the past months. The post How will ChatGPT impact the communications industry? This is what it said: 1.

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Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 11, 2019

Dominic Cummings’ blog provides first hand insight into one of the smartest thinkers in modern communications. I’ve become obsessed in the last few weeks with deconstructing the communications around the EU Referendum in 2016. Vote Leave made use of every aspect of modern communications. He was the campaign’s chief architect.

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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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PRSay

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The seven report topics are the future of the workplace, the state of the undergraduate curriculum/hiring characteristics, critical thinking, data strategy and insights, ethics, DEI, and public relations as a driver of social change. And they valued students who had completed internships.

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Ethical Voices

APRIL 22, 2024

I’m now the CEO of B2 Communications. Before starting B2 Communications, I’ve always been in the agency world. At B2 Communications, we focus almost exclusively on business-to-business communications. What is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted? So a fun new change in my work world.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The seven report topics are the future of the workplace, the state of the undergraduate curriculum/hiring characteristics, critical thinking, data strategy and insights, ethics, DEI, and public relations as a driver of social change. And they valued students who had completed internships.

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PRSay

JUNE 7, 2023

But the actual work of reporting — and ensuring that public-facing content is accurately and ethically sourced, as well as factually correct — will be the work of humans for some time to come. His writing has appeared in Adweek, Forbes, the Dallas Morning News and PRWeek. Curtis Sparrer is the co-founder and principal of Bospar PR.

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Mindful Marketing

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

These strategies are critical, yet such collective actions are often a function of individuals’ attitudes, which prompts the question: What's a personal approach for ethical use of AI? The 3Cs of personal branding – competencies, character, and communication can help frame how individuals should and shouldn’t use AI.

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The Hoyt Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For instance, fostering strong relationships with clients, understanding contextual nuances, and strategically navigating complex communication landscapes are skills that require human judgment and interpersonal abilities. Then they need to take the right steps in ensuring that it is implemented ethically.

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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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PRSay

JUNE 16, 2023

In public relations, generative AI has the potential to automate routine tasks such as writing press releases, social media posts and email pitches, thus allowing practitioners to focus on strategic, big-picture work. AI for social media Social media is another area where communicators can use generative AI to their advantage.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 6, 2022

The European Communication Monitor reported in 2017 that four out of five public relations departments are failing to operate at their potential. billion to the UK economy (Public Relations and Communications Association, 2021). billion in 2016 (Public Relations and Communications Association, 2016). Communication Capabilities.

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Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Comms people are ethical, authentic and we challenge our leaders to be authentic communicators. But, are we practicing what we preach as communicators? After all, I firmly believe most people who work in our industry are ethical and sensible. Yet, on LinkedIn everything is so positive. ” Great point, right?

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Nearly a decade ago, the PRSA Foundation sponsored research that found only 23 percent of graduate business schools consistently provide instruction in reputation management, corporate communications and related ethical dimensions. And nine out of 10 acknowledged more training in core communications disciplines is merited.

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Solo PR Pro

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Anyone in public relations for any length of time will certainly encounter his or her share of ethical dilemmas. While the best way to deal with these challenges can be debated, there is no doubt having ethical standards for your PR work is important for your long-term career (and reflects on the industry as a whole, as well).

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