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Three Ways Leaders Live Their Ethics

Deirdre Breakenridge

When I think of some of the greatest ethical leaders (the keyword here is “ethical”), a few immediately come to mind, based on what they’ve done for others. At the same time, fast forward to today, with leaders who take ethical “detours.” For me, leadership and ethics go hand-in-hand.

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Setting the Record Straight About the Ethical Practice of Public Relations

PRSay

Not only do I have to sleep at night, I need to have my ethics intact to maintain my career. Or at least, it’s not what this APR, ethical, crisis PR professional does. As professional communicators, the PRSA Code of Ethics is a powerful reminder of our responsibility toward our clients, our organizations, and ourselves.

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Can Ethical PRs Represent Unethical Clients?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Just look at the pressure on the comms team at Facebook, which has come to epitomize the struggle to do ethical work at a company that is acting in bad faith. It all raises the question: how can a PR professional ethically represent an unethical, or merely controversial, company or individual? Negative baggage has a cost, too.

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Four Questions to Ask Your Mentors About Their Ethics & Values

Deirdre Breakenridge

Of course, ethics and values are a personal choice and a business practice. Here’s when your mentors’ ethics and values really matter. As I mentioned in my book, Answers For Ethical Marketers ,” early in my career, I thought my ethics and values were naturally baked into the professionals around me.

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#PR Expanded Guest Post: Ethical Awareness … It’s Never Too Early

Deirdre Breakenridge

I know that ethics is “taught” in various forms in most colleges and universities, but I have serious concerns as to whether or not the “real world” is included in the process. But how much “this is why ethical behavior is crucial to the success of your client or employer” reality is included, I’m not sure.

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Exploring the intersection of AI and journalism—and the implications for media ethics

Agility PR Solutions

While artificial intelligence in journalism has applications in editorial, commercial, and technological domains of the industry, questions linger about its ethical implications and impact on journalistic integrity.

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#PRStudChat Celebrates Ethics Month with a September 21st Twitter Chat

Deirdre Breakenridge

Throughout the month of September, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), holds several different activities and events to educate members, professionals and students on modern ethics. Join Dr. Here are some of the questions and topics that we will be discussing; What does ethics in PR really mean? About #PRStudChat.

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