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Astroturfing has no place in modern public relations or public affairs

Stephen Waddington

Propaganda has no place in modern public affairs or public relations. Jim Waterson writing in The Guardian highlights dark Facebook Pages that CTF has run on behalf of the Airbus, Canary Wharf Group and the Saudi government. Astroturfing should be called out in the strongest terms.

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6 Ways to Improve Your Business Expertise and Strengthen Your Ethical Core

PRSay

Each September, PRSA recognizes Public Relations Ethics Month, supported by programs presented by the PRSA Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS). This year’s theme, Public Relations Ethics: Strengthening Our Core, guides a special focus on the six core values highlighted in the PRSA Code of Ethics.

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AI and Journalism: What’s Next?

PRSay

But the actual work of reporting — and ensuring that public-facing content is accurately and ethically sourced, as well as factually correct — will be the work of humans for some time to come. His writing has appeared in Adweek, Forbes, the Dallas Morning News and PRWeek.

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PR software vendors are starting to talk security in generative AI pitches [PR Tech Sum No. 46]

Sword and the Script

Cison released a code of ethics including “Privacy protection and security of client information.” ( Source ) I haven’t seen any announcements from Cison about generative AI, but perhaps they are trying to get ahead of ethical issues. A code of ethics isn’t a bad idea. And now onward with this month’s PR tech sum. Fair enough.

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Ethical Issues in Merging the Science and Art of Public Relations: Aaron Kwittken

Ethical Voices

Ethical issues in merging the science and art of public relations. I started in Washington DC in Public Affairs and Crisis Management. Thinking about all the crisis work and all the different hats you’ve worn, what is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted? I’m not a developer.

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Downing Street’s communications revolutionary

Stephen Waddington

It also challenged everything that we know about ethical communications. My article last week outlines the developing narrative and numerous ethical issues. Deconstructing the Vote Leave campaign The Leave campaign won by a margin of two percent thanks to its use of data, storytelling and paid targeting via Facebook.

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Why You Should Know About Information Disorder

Reputation Specialist Michael Toebe

(Karen Naumann, Senior Instructor, Public Affairs & Communication Strategy Directorate · Defense Information School). In the article, “Countering the Falsehoods of Information Disorder,” Karen Naumann writes in Strategies & Tactics about three kinds of troubles that an organization or individual can face. It depends.