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How Can We Mandate Ethics In PR?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

At times PR agencies run afoul of ethical standards by trafficking in false or misleading information, hiding conflicts of interest, or working with a lack of transparency. My view is that good PR people can ethically represent bad clients – but only if they’re doing so in an effort to change or redeem the harm done.

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Leading With Ethics During COVID-19

PRSay

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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Where Have Our Ethics Gone?

HMA Public Relations

One of the pillars of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics is that journalists should seek truth and report it. Scott Hanson shares more on the importance of this pillar and how it relates to FOX News and a recent defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems.

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Podcast: Minds Worth Meeting Episode 2.5: Evaluating AI Ethics with Reid Blackman

Stern + Associates

Artificial intelligence is spreading fast, but are ethical safeguards spreading as quickly as they should be? In this episode of Minds Worth Meeting, Justin Louis speaks with the founder and CEO of Virtue Ethics Consultancy and author of “ Ethical Machines ,” Reid Blackman.

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One key PR ethics lesson from the Pulse nightclub shooting – Ann Marie Varga

Ethical Voices

Thinking about your career from circus to healthcare to agency, what is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted? The most difficult ethical challenge for me occurred following the Pulse nightclub tragedy in 2016. What are you seeing as some of the key ethics challenges for today and tomorrow?

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When Passion Meets Ethics

PRSay

This pretty much frames most ethical dilemmas, doesn’t it? Real ethical dilemmas are more nuanced, with deep roots, long histories, serious ramifications and lots of gray areas. In PRSA we have a Code of Ethics , and for some there is the assumption that it exists to tell us how to be ethical. That’s not how I see it.

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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. I had been enjoying my time as a public affairs officer at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System (PVAHCS). But what happens when you discover that your organization doesn’t share your belief in that commitment?

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