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Leading With Ethics During COVID-19

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Each September, PRSA celebrates Ethics Month, featuring programs presented by the PRSA Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS). Please join the discussion via #PRSAChat and #EthicsMonth, and follow along with our ethics-related blog posts, webinars and Twitter Chats throughout the month.

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

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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

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As PR practitioners, every day presents a new opportunity to reinforce our commitment to ethics. Such a scenario presented itself to me in 2010 and 2014. We also learned we could share it with the media, and we did so, but only after the internal VA channels didn’t work. The beauty of the truth.

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An Introduction to Ethics Month, With Thanks

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Each September, PRSA takes the opportunity to spotlight ethics, which must be a constant focus for the PR profession regardless of which month we’re in. Without rigorous study and application of ethical principles, trust is inevitably lost, and without trust the PR function and organizational life deteriorate into dysfunction or failure.

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Bringing True, Ethical Authenticity to Multicultural Communications – Jennifer Gonzalez

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Jen and I are colleagues, and we had a great ethics discussion recently, so I invited her to be a guest. What is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted at work? Ethical challenges evolve with the times. We discussed this internally. To our surprise, the client pushed back.

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Research From BEPS Results in Book Providing Guidance on Ethics Counsel

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We are pleased to report that our latest project has resulted in a book, “Public Relations Ethics: Senior PR Pros Tell Us How to Speak Up and Keep Your Job ,” published by Business Expert Press. All of these efforts are part of BEPS‘ commitment to providing thought leadership on ethics in public relations. Dr. Marlene S.

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

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Do PR professionals present accurate and truthful information? SlideShare boasts 80 million users sharing, as the name suggests slides, especially from presentations or research. I think I could make a case arguing the ethics either way. Communicators are “always” accurate and truthful: Business ethics. “If

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