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One key PR ethics lesson from the Pulse nightclub shooting – Ann Marie Varga

Ethical Voices

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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Allegory report examines emerging corporate digital risk

Stephen Waddington

These include failures of systems, including the Post Office Horizon scandal, and the misuse of personal data such as the facial recognition system removed from London’s King’s Cross in 2019 amid protests from the public and privacy campaigners. Communications professionals often get involved when a crisis arises, but this is too late!

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11 Steps For Crisis Management

Prohibition

Any company, big or small, can experience a crisis. According to research, about 75 percent of companies will experience a crisis at some point due to the increasing complexity of modern business and the growth of social media in our fast-paced world. This is where crisis management comes in. What is Crisis Management?

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How 2020 Has Highlighted the Importance of Being Open and Honest

PRSay

We’re only halfway through 2020, but the year has already ushered in a once-in-a-century pandemic and a world-altering movement to dismantle systemic racism. The conversation around the Black Lives Matter movement and systemic racism created even more questions. So what do the rapid changes of 2020 mean for your organization?

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For comms pros, Silicon Valley Bank is a reminder that trust is currency

Sword and the Script

The banking community has some unique dynamics… Scar tissue. The financial crisis of 2008-2009 still haunts many of us; Frayed nerves. It’s about giving people a reason to believe. * * * If the economy is a system built on belief, then trust is a form of currency that you can’t buy or sell. They lost confidence.

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Maximising resilience of health and well-being assets in crisis situations

PR Conversations

The following is the result of our subsequent shared musings concerning the impact of crisis situations on the health and well-being of public relations practitioners. In an ongoing crisis, operating on adrenaline for a prolonged period of time can be – and is often – physically and mentally harmful.

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15 years after: the collective “grilling” of Jim Grunig still delivers visionary insights on the future of PR

PR Conversations

How much would a new multi-lateral symmetrical governance require a more balanced ethical approach to communication that necessarily involves an identification of the grey areas or the unsettled aspects of an issue when communicating about it?