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Welcome to Ethical Voices, a weekly podcast where real pros share real stories about real ethical issues. Thinking about your career and your work, what is the most difficult ethical challenge you have ever faced? I confront ethical challenges all the time. That’s on the less intense side of ethical issues.
There's a story from 25 years ago when Johnny Carson interviewed the founder of the large hotel chain "Hilton," Conrad Hilton, and at the end, he gave him 20 seconds to tell 40 million viewers what is most important about his brand. If you've recently stayed at a Hilton hotel, you'll see that there are now two curtains inside the tubs.
After graduation, he worked as a journalist for 15 years and then launched one of the first private daily newspapers in Bulgaria – Standard News. Although jumped into Public Relations, he did not realize that it’s nothing but pure unique business surrounded by creativity, ethics, and responsibilities. Everything transparent is ethical!
That is why wrote a short Standard of Business Ethics, or in general, what I wanted to happen in my company, and many others, in the next ten to twenty years - to be open, honest, honorable, and successful, full of happy employees with sparkle in the eyes. Mina, or perhaps a nice revival picture from Koprivshtitsa or Karlovo ….
The central Hessischer Hof Hotel in Frankfurt, just opposite the famous Messe grounds, provided coolness and cocktails from the refined bar, gave an even more charming atmosphere and seemed to relieve my tension before the meeting. was a very warm day in July and I had no intention of even showing my nose outside. In the afternoon.
Our guest has had a remarkable career beginning as a newspaper correspondent. In the past 30 years, I have met many editors-in-chief of publications and newspapers, but I haven’t called any of them asking to do me a favor and publish something. Maxim: 2 cents worth of Work Affairs, which was a big newspaper.
I was almost ready to leave James Shields, the newly appointed Managing Director of AMOCO Bulgaria at his temporary set-up offices at the – then–only 5-star hotel in Bulgaria Sheraton, when I just looked into this person's eyes. There, I saw only kindness, depth, and a desire for serious work- in 1996, in Bulgaria, this was quite rare.
I wrote a short Standard of Business Ethics, or in general, what I wanted to happen in my company, and many others, in the next ten to twenty years - to be open, honest, honorable, and successful, full of happy employees with sparkle in the eyes. Mina, or perhaps a revival picture from Koprivshtitsa or Karlovo …. But that wasn't my style.
Twenty to twenty-five years ago, you turned on the TV and listened to something or opened the newspaper and read it, but you had no feedback and couldn't say if something wasn't true. Politicians should be examples of ethics, honesty, and transparency, which we don't see in Bulgaria. Now, two things make our lives completely different.
I was a journalist for many years, eventually ending up at “ Standard” newspaper as deputy editor and one of the founders. And so, a group of colleagues left the Standard newspaper and I decided to find my own little company in a tiny apartment, with nothing, no money from the beginning just. Host: This also applies to politicians.
You know that I manage an International Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where we have been seeing each other for 10-12 years now, every year we go there, leave a bag of money - expensive hotels, restaurants, halls, and everything. The most common question I was asked was: “What is "business ethics". Then many people jumped up.
they would answer: “A Bulgarian newspaper, please”. It’s 2023, who’s reading newspapers. However, we saw each other in a hotel for coffee. Back then, I was a journalist, doing the Standart newspaper, and they invited me to dinner. You have said numerous times that you dream of a better, more dynamic, more ethical world.
He placed the idea in articles, newspapers, celebrity endorsements, and events. PR Case Study: Eggs and Bacon Have you ever had eggs and bacon for breakfast at a hotel? And to manifest this, he collaborated with chains of hotels to have them serve eggs and bacon for breakfast. Well, you can thank Bernays for that idea.
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