Onclusive

JUNE 1, 2023

Forward-thinking brands are already embracing the strategic advantages that social listening tools can offer when it comes to managing brand reputation, crisis detection, and optimising comms strategy. When a journalist writes a negative article, internal stakeholders may jump to conclusions about the impact that will have on your brand.

Strategy 370

Strategy Communications Reputation Measurement 370

PRSay

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

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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Ethics Twitter Conference Journalism 124

PRSay

JUNE 9, 2021

In early May, the state of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against Publicis Health for its work with Purdue Pharma, claiming its “unfair and deceptive” marketing practices helped fuel the national opioid crisis. A commitment to ethics. For communicators, the suit reinforces the need to commit to ethical responsibilities.

Crisis 167

Crisis Ethics Publicity Marketing 167

PRSay

JUNE 7, 2021

Just skim the headlines and you’ll notice everything from fraud and deadly cyberattacks to ethics violations, faulty products and tone-deaf commercials bringing down the mightiest of organizations. Organizations are only as strong as how they respond in moments of crisis. Invite diverse feedback and open communication.

Crisis 164

Crisis Exercises Crisis Communications Reputation 164

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Tom Mueller, who interviewed over 200 corporate whistleblowers for his book Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of Fraud , proclaims this “the age of the whistleblower.”. The key, of course, is for senior managers to model ethical behavior, and to cultivate an environment of full transparency.

Corporate 272

Corporate Reputation Policies Employee 272

Wadds Inc.

JULY 8, 2024

A recent conversation between crisis communications experts Dr. W. Timothy Coombs is best known as a practitioner-turned-academic for developing Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT). SCCT categorises crisis events into three areas: victim, accidental and preventable.

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Crisis Communications Crisis Communications Crisis Management 115

PRSay

MARCH 7, 2022

That is the question individuals and organizations are asking throughout the world as a devastating humanitarian crisis unfolds in Ukraine. Listen to what is being talked about internally, and let this help shape your priorities and influence your messaging. How can we help? Who should be involved in the decision-making process?

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Resources Ethics International Internal 191

Ethical Voices

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Joining me on this week’s episode is Erin Kennedy , the ethics committee chair for the PRSA Central California Chapter. Since then, I’ve headed communications at the 49th largest school district in the nation, and I got the equivalent of what I joke around is the PhD in crisis communications there.

Ethics 94

Ethics Privacy Healthcare Industry 94

Ethical Voices

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

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. We assigned an intern to her to make sure she ate, to take notes, to answer her phone, to take messages.

Ethics 92

Ethics Healthcare Government Energy 92

Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Investing in your professional online reputation is an important Crisis Ready strategy—and ReputationDefender has launched a service to help make this process easy for you. Neglecting either or both of these aspects of your crisis readiness leaves a vulnerability gap that you can otherwise protect against. Who is ReputationDefender?

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Branding Brand Reputation Crisis 234

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 5, 2019

On closer examination, the Edelman/GEO Group situation is a great example of what not to do when faced with an ethical quandary. Surely it would have foreseen the possibility of staff misgivings and considered the internal and external ramifications of the decision. But that’s not what happened. That’s so not what happened.

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Industry Reputation Groups International 217

Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Today’s crisis realities present some of the biggest challenges and obstacles to be faced in a crisis or emergency. In fact, if you aren’t prepared, today’s crisis realities will work against you , rather than for you, in a crisis – making your task of effective crisis management extremely difficult.

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Crisis Crisis Management How To Viral 100

Stephen Waddington

MAY 24, 2022

Foster was speaking at the International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC) Summit in Vienna. Its role was elevated within organisations as it supported crisis response and transformation. It comes to the fore in a crisis, however there’s a fundamental contradiction.

Publicity 149

Publicity Reputation Study Crisis 149

Onclusive

APRIL 4, 2023

For PR and Communications teams, analyzing audience sentiment towards your CEO can be vital for crisis detection and understanding brand perception. Responding to crises In times of crisis, a CEO’s personal brand can either help or hurt the company’s reputation.

Corporate 195

Corporate Reputation Branding Brand 195

Stephen Waddington

JULY 29, 2021

Public relations practitioners have supported organisations with digital transformation, led crisis planning and execution, and supported internal communication, change management, and critical stakeholder communication. Artificial intelligence, board representation, ethics, professionalism, and skills, have been relegated.

Report 157

Report Reputation Ethics Survey 157

Wadds Inc.

MARCH 19, 2024

As organisations manage a complex business landscape, the internal communications function can demonstrate its value as a strategic management function. My focus as a public relations practitioner and management researcher is on elevating the internal communications function's role in management. At Wadds Inc.

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Internal International Communications Employee 78

Stephen Waddington

JULY 1, 2021

Communications professionals often get involved when a crisis arises, but this is too late! Developing a Corporate Digital Responsibility governance framework To address CDR risk organisations need to develop a framework, underpinned by ethical values, to describe their management of data.

Corporate 141

Corporate Report Privacy Government 141

Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

We were able to identify 6 management oriented roles associated with social media (social listening and analytics, online media relations, policy maker, employee recruiter, internal social media manager, and policing) and the specific duties those roles involve. My current research is focused on ethics and internal communication.

Publicity 150

Publicity Policies Social Media Study 150

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2021

FleishmanHillard Executive Creative Director Dan Margulis had a rather perceptive quote on the findings: “Creativity has always been the way out of crisis…Crisis forced us to act but also freed us to evolve. Six in 10 comms pros face ethical challenges. Top challenges in internal communications.

Creativity 95

Creativity Study Ethics Publicity 95

Ethical Voices

JANUARY 22, 2024

He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: What to do when your client asks you to besmirch the competition How to effectively and ethically build trust What to do when employees, clients and partners break your trust Why don’t you tell us a little bit more about yourself and your career?

Ethics 78

Ethics How To Training Employee 78

PRSay

JANUARY 14, 2022

Proactive crisis communication is essential to build equity, protect against hate and be accessible to people looking for good in the world. Developing plans to deal with potential problems is a must, and creative ways to think beyond obvious crisis points is overdue. Bad things are possible. People you trust may betray you.

Communications 167

Communications Trends Nonprofit Radio 167

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

That’s the unhappy fate of James Henderson, the former CEO of now-defunct PR and crisis management powerhouse Bell Pottinger. When it was called out for crossing ethical lines by using false propaganda and fake grassroots in 2011, Bell Pottinger blasted critics but apparently never saw fit to police its methods.

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Reputation Crisis Management Ethics Agency 157

Ethical Voices

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Joining me on this week’s episode is Rebecca Wilson , the Executive Vice President International for WE Communications International. While I was a bit under the weather from a cold, Rebecca provided ethics insights on a number of topics, including: . The two things every ethical communicator must embrace.

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Ethics Branding Brand International 74

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Tom Mueller, who interviewed over 200 corporate whistleblowers for his book Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of Fraud , proclaims this “the age of the whistleblower.”. Just two months ago, luggage company Away grappled with reputation stumbles after employees shared internal messages that unpacked a punitive workplace culture.

Corporate 156

Corporate Reputation Policies Employee 156

5W PR

JUNE 24, 2019

The modern-day news cycle means that industry stories don’t stay under wraps for long, and for many brands, it is only a matter of time before they find themselves dealing with one form of PR crisis or another. Adopt Internal Safeguards. The post Essential Rules for Preventing a PR Crisis appeared first on 5W PR.

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Crisis Ethics Advertising Advertising 76

PRSay

MAY 15, 2019

Some of the familiar topics are there — branding, corporate social responsibility, crisis communications — but not necessarily in a form many of us would recognize as aspects of the profession we’ve come to know. They’re taking a hard look at some of the gaps in our thinking, like the ethics of influencer marketing.

Publicity 148

Publicity Privacy Crisis Communications Ethics 148

Stephen Waddington

APRIL 23, 2020

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. The crisis has widened the socio-economic gap in society. In each case their route out of the crisis will be different.

Government 132

Government Crisis Exercises Retail 132

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 15, 2018

Social media has redefined crisis response in three important ways: outlet options, messaging speed and employee engagement. Social media also has compressed the speed of information transfer from hours to minutes or even seconds as a crisis develops. Crisis situations are stressful for everyone. Those days are so over!

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Employee Crisis Corporate Social Media 76

Scott Public Relations

JULY 13, 2023

Los Angeles / July, 2023: The impact of the dramatic events of 2022 – Russia’s attack on Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis and global economic uncertainty – continues to reverberate worldwide. The winners of this situation are those organizations that are able to take control of the crisis and see a way through to the other side.

Ethics 52

Ethics Survey Insurance Insurance 52

PRSay

JUNE 16, 2023

PR practitioners have valuable skills that cannot be replicated or replaced by AI, such as strategic thinking, crisis management and the ability to build relationships. We must be willing to experiment with new technologies and find what works best for ourselves, our clients and our internal audiences.

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Technology Crisis Management Social Media Training 146

Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 12, 2020

I caught up with nine agency founders who have started their businesses during the COVID-19 crisis to talk about their proposition, motivation and the lessons that they’d share with others thinking of doing the same. If you’ve started an agency during the COVID-19 crisis please get in touch. I’d love to help you tell your story.

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Agency Meeting Retail Energy 161

Wadds Inc.

JUNE 5, 2023

Prevention is better than cure - and if a crisis situation is often described as a car crash, this book is all about avoiding collisions. A preventative approach runs through Amanda Coleman’s Everyday Communications Strategies: Manage Common Issues to Prevent a Crisis and Protect Your Brand.

Strategy 98

Strategy Communications Crisis Communications Crisis 98

Reputation Specialist Michael Toebe

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Holmes’ errors in judgment, ethics, risk management and decisions are well known. A comprehensive internal strategy aimed at opening lines of communication with employees and promoting company culture could have gone a long way toward addressing concerns and containing the ill will before it seeped into the public realm,” he wrote. “A

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Ethics Employee Crisis International 98

Ethical Voices

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Joining me this week’s episode is Tatevik Simonyan , the co-founder and director of communications and international relations at SPRING PR company in Armenia. I first met Tatevik when I was looking to expand the ethics cases outside of the US. What is the most difficult ethical challenge you’ve confronted in your career?

Ethics 52

Ethics How To Crisis International 52

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 10, 2011

Crisis and issues management: With the growth of social media, the ability for crises and issues to spark and spread across the globe is unprecedented. Organizational communication: Whether working client or agency side, you have to understand the principles and processes behind internal communication.

Ethics 78

Ethics Community International Internal 78

Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Are they only dealing with crisis PR in this sick time? Crisis PR has become commonplace. Straight - journalism, but in a slightly higher form, carrying the interests of the business you work for, absolutely in accordance with all ethical and moral rules. How did the crisis affect the budgets and prices of online advertising?

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Crisis Management Crisis Advertising Advertising 83

PR Conversations

MAY 1, 2017

The following is the result of our subsequent shared musings concerning the impact of crisis situations on the health and well-being of public relations practitioners. In an ongoing crisis, operating on adrenaline for a prolonged period of time can be – and is often – physically and mentally harmful.

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Crisis Crisis Management Leadership Training 63