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Code of PR Ethics: The Gray Area of Communicating a Point of View

Sword and the Script

I think I could make a case arguing the ethics either way. PR Ethics of Communicating a Point of View As with many of the questions on this survey, we offered an optional open-ended comment field asking “why?” Communicators are “always” accurate and truthful: Business ethics. “If Corporate constraints. for this question.

Ethics 101
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Creative Storytelling: Picture This: It’s Not Just the Words – It’s What You Do with Them

Waxing UnLyrical

The great Brian Solis, who I had the pleasure of seeing live in 2013 as keynote speaker at the PRSA’s International Conference, recently published this article on LinkedIn about creative storytelling. Solis says that 550,000 LinkedIn members describe themselves as storytellers. Are you one of them? Do the Right Thing.

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Seven ideologies of public relations

Stephen Waddington

Organisations is used throughout this blog post as a catch all phrase for charitable, corporate, public sector entities. The corporation is a capitalist vehicle to generate value for shareholders. Rhetorical devices such as framing, messaging, and storytelling are applied within practice as means of communication and engagement.

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Meeting Marc C. Whitt

Wadds Inc.

The masterful public relations professional understands the enormous value of living a personal and professional life that reflects the highest standards of moral conduct and ethical behaviour. They are proverbial rotten apples that attempt to spoil many of us in public relations practice who abide by the highest ethical standards.

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The Volume and Variety of Communications Work is Shifting, Finds 5th Annual Survey of Comms Pros

Sword and the Script

” In open-ended comments, respondents cite digital, internal comms and a greater focus on comms by leadership as among the underlying reasons. Some of those comments include the following: “Significantly more related to internal comms and recruiting.”. A mix of internal and external resources. Blog: Code of PR Ethics?

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Wake of the Pandemic: Businesses Value the Role of PR and Communications More than Ever [Survey]

Sword and the Script

Shel Holtz , Director of Internal Communications, WEBCOR Builders and Co-Host of the For Immediate Release podcast. Blog: Code of PR Ethics? Blog: What Does “Storytelling” Mean to You? Blog: Corporate Communications is Taking More PR Work In-House, finds Survey; Media Relations Gets Even Harder. Image credit: Unsplash.

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Double-dipping exposes reputation risk in blurred boundaries of PR and journalism

PR Conversations

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. Transparency helps—but it’s not enough. In many sectors, there are rules about conflicts. Here is a personal example: I sit on a university board.