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A Year-Round Commitment to the PRSA Code of Ethics

PRSay

In a letter to members at the start of 2023, PRSA Chair Michelle Egan, APR, Fellow PRSA, outlined her priorities for the year, including: “Amplifying our Code of Ethics to ensure that not only our members, but also our entire community at large know what professional communications should entail.”

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New international ethical principles for PR welcomed, education and enforcement required

Stephen Waddington

A cross industry group of international PR associations has developed a common set of principles for ethical practice. The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) proposed a list of ten ethical principles for the PR industry at its annual meeting on Helskini in October. Ethics must be at the core of our activity.

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The most important ethics priority for healthcare communicators – Kena Lewis

Ethical Voices

She is the Senior Director of Public Affairs and Media Relations at Orlando Health. Kena discusses several important ethics issues, including: What to do ethically when your boss is the problem. The ethical challenges of online identity. The most important ethics priority for healthcare communicators. Oh goodness.

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5 Ways Accreditation in Public Relations Can Help With PR Awards

PRSay

Our primary objective is to secure at least 10 earned placements and 300,000 impressions in trade media by Dec. As part of the APR renewal process, you must document and submit at least 15 continuing education units (CEUs) every three years. He presently serves as ethics chair for PRSA’s North Carolina Chapter.

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Microsoft’s Bonnie McCracken on Navigating the AI Landscape

PRSay

For example, practice creating images using Bing Image Creator, or ask Bing Chat to help you summarize a media article. The ability to simply say, “what are the key takeaways from this document?” The second thing that differs is the focus on ethics and responsibility so early in the development and adoption of generative AI.

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Generative AI for PR professionals [Off Script. No. 49: Stephen Waddington]

Sword and the Script

While “Generative AI gets much attention” in PR circles, “reductive AI is more interesting and powerful” Stephen Waddington recently published a new book – #PRstack: AI tools for marketing, media and public relations – on the use of generative AI in public relations. The book seeks to readdress the balance.

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PR ethics and journalism ethics in the face of media business meltdown

Stuart Bruce

Since columnist Peter Oborne sensationally resigned from The Telegraph with a devastating public critique of what he believed to be its declining ethical and editorial standards I’ve read very little about the role and implications for PR, corporate communications and business. ” Thereafter no fresh reports appeared.

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