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10 ethical issues facing public relations - PRCA Ethics Council Annual

Stephen Waddington

Artificial intelligence, paid influence, mental health and fake news are all issues identified by a group of international practitioners in a series of reflective essays published by the PRCA. The PRCA Ethics Council has published its annual perspective of ethical challenging facing PR practice in 2021.

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Trust: Business Tops Media and Government in Ethics and Competence, Finds Survey

Sword and the Script

The annual Edelman Trust Barometer found business is trusted more than government, media and NGOs; this presents an opportunity to build trust through content. Businesses are increasingly viewed as more ethical and competent than government, media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Business is ethical and competent.

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An Ethical Test: Why I Blew the Whistle on Corruption at My Organization

PRSay

As PR practitioners, every day presents a new opportunity to reinforce our commitment to ethics. As federal government employees, we learned we could provide an evidence file to members of Congress, the Office of the Medical Inspector and the Office of the Inspector General. Such a scenario presented itself to me in 2010 and 2014.

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11 ways Social Listening will Transform your Communications Strategy & Performance

Onclusive

When a journalist writes a negative article, internal stakeholders may jump to conclusions about the impact that will have on your brand. With a robust social listening tool, you can create compelling reports in minutes that will speak volumes to senior internal stakeholders.

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Is Lawsuit Against Marketing Firm’s Role in Opioid Crisis a Precedent for Public Relations?

PRSay

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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Why WE’s “President of International” is Completely Wrong About PR

Waxing UnLyrical

” Which is why a recent PRWeek article quoting WE’s “president of international” (yes, this is actually his title) saw my jaw hit the floor in record time. government needs to work within a budget. Nowhere in the panel descriptions do you see “PR.” Here’s a screen grab: … Wow.

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Allegory report examines emerging corporate digital risk

Stephen Waddington

The case for Corporate Digital Responsibility CDR is a broad set of responsibilities related to the application and management of data and digital technologies that has emerged as a critical risk issue for boards in light of high-profile failures in data and digital governance, regulatory issues and data breaches.

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