ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Just two months ago, luggage company Away grappled with reputation stumbles after employees shared internal messages that unpacked a punitive workplace culture. The key, of course, is for senior managers to model ethical behavior, and to cultivate an environment of full transparency. The same is true for a whistleblower policy.

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Corporate Reputation Policies Employee 156

Wadds Inc.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

A new study calls for a socially conscious approach to public relations focused on creating shared value for organisations and stakeholders. Public relations has traditionally been focused on meeting an organisation's business objectives. Practitioners can advise on communications and business solutions to realign words and deeds.

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Study Publicity Ethics Measurement 98

Ethical Voices

JULY 24, 2023

This week on Ethical Voices, KayAnn Schoeneman , President of Curley Company discusses: How to determine if a client is right for you Ethical issues in opposition research AI ethics challenges Why don’t you tell us more about yourself and your career? What is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted?

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Ethics Government Pharmaceuticals Policies 76

5W PR

JANUARY 15, 2024

Whether in the public or private sector, the impact of strategic communications is far-reaching, influencing perceptions, building relationships, and driving outcomes. Building a positive reputation One of the primary impacts of strategic communications is the ability to shape and maintain a positive reputation.

Communications 78

Communications Policies Product Launch Reputation 78

Ethical Voices

MAY 8, 2023

She was one of the first people I interviewed when Ethical Voices launched in 2019, and I figured it was time to have her back, particularly because Ethisphere recently released an updated list of the World’s Most Ethical companies. What are the top ethics issues facing companies? It has a couple of component pieces.

Ethics 71

Ethics Training Financial Survey 71

Wadds Inc.

APRIL 29, 2024

The annual Communications Trend Radar 2024 report highlights five trends that corporate communications and public relations leaders must address to ensure their organisations remain relevant and effective. They must also remain mindful of the reputational, legal, and ethical implications of these technologies.

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Corporate Trends Communications Ethics 115

PRSay

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

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. Update your conflict policy.

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Ethics Policies Guidelines Employee 136

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For example, despite existing platform policies that expressly prohibit the posting of stolen content, Facebook was reluctant to remove stolen content related to anti-vaccination and QAnon conspiracies. But the company also lacks moderators to enforce these policies. The Ethics of Social Media Content appeared first on Contently.

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Social Media Ethics Trends Viral 126

PRSay

JULY 10, 2023

To avoid inflicting lasting reputational damage, communicators need to quickly decide whether to react to divisive political events. Among them, do brands have a responsibility to develop a public political strategy? Now, some Americans demand that organizations behave like activists. Clear messages on complex issues are important.

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Brand Branding Nonprofit Government 145

Reputation Us

JANUARY 3, 2020

In the process, companies that participate in social corporate responsibility—and invest in other companies doing so also—gain a benefit that is closer to home: A big boost to their good reputations. Your good name and the reputation of your brand is one of your most valuable assets as a business.

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Reputation Corporate Survey Employee 60

Stern + Associates

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Reid Blackman: Mitigating the Potential Danger of Chatbots – Before It’s Too Late Conversational artificial intelligence systems, or “chatbots,” like ChatGPT have truly amazing capacities but, according to renowned AI ethicist and author of “Ethical Machines” (2022) Reid Blackman , they also carry pressing risks. And that changes everything.

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Government Technology Policies Ethics 108

PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In a time when brands are facing reputational challenges over greenwashing accusations, Patagonia has remained authentic to its environmental responsibilities through a simple, but definitive statement – that it is not a sustainable brand. This includes being transparent about sustainability issues.

Policies 62

Policies Ethics Consumer Reputation 62

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

We interviewed ChatGPT about public relations and while it does well with high-level questions, it becomes repetitive when those questions were more nuanced; the system says it is “unlikely” that it “or any other AI system will fully replace public relations (PR) professionals”. What is public relations?

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Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 104

Mindful Marketing

JULY 16, 2022

by David Hagenbuch - professor of Marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing “ Auditors Cheated on Ethics Exams ”—a recent New York Times headline revealed. Who would cheat on ethics?— The Security and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.)

Ethics 89

Ethics Pharmaceuticals Corporate Financial 89

PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

When it comes to reputation, there is little distinction between a real conflict and a perceived one. As media scandals go, it was a big one for Canada: The revelation that for the past two years one of the nation’s better-known TV news anchors was a part owner of a small public relations firm. Op-Ed by Daniel Tisch, APR, FCPRS.

Journalism 40

Journalism Reputation Ethics Corporate 40

PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

When it comes to reputation, there is little distinction between a real conflict and a perceived one. As media scandals go, it was a big one for Canada: The revelation that for the past two years one of the nation’s better-known TV news anchors was a part owner of a small public relations firm. Op-Ed by Daniel Tisch, APR, FCPRS.

Journalism 40

Journalism Reputation Ethics Corporate 40

Presspage

JUNE 16, 2023

Human expertise and judgment , and emotional intelligence remain vital for establishing trust, effectively communicating during challenging times, and ensuring the authenticity and ethical standards of IR communications. During a financial crisis, the public side of communications requires human judgment, empathy, and adaptability.

Financial 78

Financial System Ethics Data 78

Ethical Voices

MAY 6, 2023

She was one of the first people I interviewed when Ethical Voices launched in 2019, and I figured it was time to have her back, particularly because Ethisphere recently released an updated list of the World’s Most Ethical companies. What are the top ethics issues facing companies? It has a couple of component pieces.

Ethics 52

Ethics Training Financial Survey 52

PRSay

JULY 14, 2020

But for my team at MediaSource , transparency has been the best policy. Transparency in your public presence. In 2020, the general public wants to know where organizations stand on these important matters just like employees do. Transparency in your public presence. Transparency in marketing and public relations.

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System Community Social Media Employee 158

Flatiron Communications

MARCH 13, 2021

It’s been a long-time pet peeve of mine to observe how many reputable firms in the PR industry will accept clients whose business or advocacy goals raise ethical questions. To its credit, B-M had a policy that allowed its staff to decline working on that business if he/she desired.

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Policies Agency Ethics Government 36

Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 29, 2019

I valued Mandy’s counsel on CIPR Governance issues and engagement with public sector communications communities during my time as President in 2014. She sits on the CIPR Board, has been a Council member for five years and volunteered for ten, most recently as Chair of the Local Public Service and Policy committees.

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Meeting Training Ethics Government 96

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 12, 2021

A client of mine was preparing a press release for publication, and when they told me how much they had paid for distribution previously, I knew something was off. I won’t list them because I don’t want to appear as if I’m endorsing them when I can’t speak to the quality and reputation of these other services.

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Financial Video Survey Google 89

Prohibition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Crisis management is the reaction to an unexpected event that could have long lasting consequences on the organisation’s finances or reputation. Crisis management is an organisation’s response to unexpected events that threaten to do serious harm to the reputation or finances of that organisation. What is Crisis Management?

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Crisis Management Crisis Financial Reputation 62

Solo PR Pro

MARCH 1, 2016

Overestimate their competence and expertise – they believe they are Pulitzer Prize caliber when it comes to writing and know everything there is to know about all facets of public relations and marketing – and could easily do your job, but are too busy. This can provide fertile ground for ethical – and legal – issues to possibly arise.

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Guidelines Construction Employee Policies 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Public relations will be pivotal in elevating trust through promotions of client wins, industry accreditations, awards, analyst remarks and influencer endorsements. There’s no point in building a reputation if the startup is facing an existential threat. ” ~ Megan Paquin , APR, CPRC, Managing Director, Paquin Public Relations 10.

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Writing Communications Marketing B2B 198

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 13, 2011

According to the article, Mark Zuckerberg and his team hired Burson-Marsteller , a well-known public relations firm, to plant negative stories accusing Google of being careless with Gmail users privacy. I’ll wait for you to stop laughing at the obvious irony of Facebook criticizing another company’s user privacy policy.

Privacy 95

Privacy Facebook Google Policies 95

NewsWhip

JANUARY 11, 2024

And even though brands can do all the right things — create crisis plans, prepare for outrage, and plan a response to appease their audience — they can still see their reputation plummet if they’re not careful with their operations. Anything less and public opinion may change.

Brand 78

Brand Branding Agriculture Ethics 78

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2023

In my recent article , “An Ethics Professor Tests the Morals of ChatGPT,” I considered the question of whether AI has ethics. Although ChatGPT adeptly identified the ethical issue as “the trolley problem,” it avoided any real recommendation of what should be done.

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Ethics Guidelines Fashion Transportation 98

Stern + Associates

JANUARY 6, 2022

Navigating the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Recently named Dean of the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University, Howard specializes in developing robotic and AI technologies that improve our daily home, life and work interactions, while addressing ethical concerns when deploying these systems to serve society.

Leadership 62

Leadership Policies Engineering Technology 62

Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Her goal was to create a platform to assert the value of public relations as a strategic management function and promote best practice. I caught up with four of the authors this week ahead of publication to ask them about some of the biggest issues facing our profession. FuturePRoof was founded by Sarah Waddington in 2015.

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Public Affairs Education Measurement LinkedIn 145

PR Conversations

AUGUST 17, 2014

I’m concerned about public relations. Why do we blame others for our failure to persuade management of the real value of public relations? Not that I oppose an open door policy, but the implication that once in position, all PR practitioners do is spin around in their fancy office chairs. itself pushing a PRSA agenda).

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Education Training Policies Crisis Management 87

Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

White hat link building is building links ethically and adhering to Google’s Link Spam policies. You can see an example of my recent work on a similar post in [Publication]. First is content-led link building, where you create and promote high-quality, informative content that naturally attracts links from reputable sites.

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Google Infographics Pitching Resources 71

Ethical Voices

MARCH 6, 2023

Joining me on this week’s episode is Niel Golightly , a partner at FGS Global , where he brings clients more than 25 years of experience leading corporate reputation, crisis and sustainability strategies in Fortune 100 companies. What societal issues does every company have an ethical duty to support?

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Ethics Company System Corporate 62

ReimaginePR

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

As a communications professional, I view elections as a series of public relations strategies and tactics. Ethical dilemmas & existential angst. I came to realize that one of the biggest casualties in the war of attrition between Trump and Clinton might be the idea that PR must be ethical to be effective. Event planning?

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Ethics Groups Social Media Construction 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The #metoo movement has claimed the reputations of many high-profile men. Our heightened awareness – and the corporate reluctance to address systemic misbehavior – presents serious public relations challenges for established companies in every sector from technology and media to food service and sports.

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Reputation Apparel System Corporate 165

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 23, 2017

As journalists grapple with “ alternative facts ” and the Trump administration’s war on the media, some professional public relations people are putting ourselves in the shoes of those who act as spokespersons for the new president. ” For the public as well as the PR industry, the brouhaha is a mixed bag.

Publicity 120

Publicity Survey Interviews Sports 120

Flatiron Communications

AUGUST 22, 2017

The “fitness” category includes news reports on candidates’ policy positions, personal qualities, leadership abilities, ethical standards, and the like. Source: Media Tenor. Excludes reports that were neutral in tone. But her emails. . .” goes the ironic line that aptly summarizes too much of the media’s coverage of the candidates.

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Journalism Policies Ethics Analysis 47