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Crisis Comms, AI and Ethics: January Roundup

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

However, within a few days, more information (and concerns) came to light when the National Transportation Safety Board told the New York Times that “the plane was not being used in long flights over water because a pressurization warning light had gone off during three recent flights.” Fortunately, no passengers were seriously injured.

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Lockdown letter: brainstorming second order COVID-19 effects

Stephen Waddington

We need local, decentralised responses to arts, culture, education and transport. End of the nine to five week - flexible working schedules will help address physical spacing and act as a counter measure to overcrowded commutes. Track and trace apps will continue to fuel this debate. Resilience will also become a performance indicator.

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The journey from lockdown

Stephen Waddington

The challenge with the COVID-19 crisis is that it requires an international governmental response and there are countless unknowns. It’s an area of huge international effort among healthcare providers. Protect The lockdown has had a dramatic impact on entertainment, events, retail, travel and transport.

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Study: Automotive Manufacturers Still Missing Out on ESG Opportunities

Bianchi Biz Blog

The Global ESG Monitor (GEM), the result of an international collaboration between communication and research agencies cometis , KOHORTEN , Xenophon Strategies and currie , examined the sustainability reporting of 140 companies from DAX, EUROSTOXX-50, Dow Jones and ASX-50.

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Medical Marijuana: What Pharma Companies Need to Know

Cision

To date , 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized its use, and a number of marijuana-related ballot measures will be before voters in 2015 and 2016. Transporting it across state lines can land you in jail. Pharma companies can turn these insights into actions, starting with their own internal conversations.

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Interpretation of alleged inconsistencies between bespoke terms and standard forms

Practical Law Construction

The dispute in Septo concerned the terms of an international fuel oil sale contract. The leading case is Pagnan SpA v Tradax Ocean Transportation SA , which has been followed in many other cases, including Alexander v West Bromwich Mortgage Co Ltd. Pagnan SpA v Tradax Ocean Transportation SA. Septo Trading Inc v Tintrade Ltd.

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What is PR? 141 PR and Comms Pros Explain What They Do for a Living

Sword and the Script

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

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