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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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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). We also learned we could share it with the media, and we did so, but only after the internal VA channels didn’t work.

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Corporate Reputation And The Whistleblower Culture

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Just two months ago, luggage company Away grappled with reputation stumbles after employees shared internal slack messages that unpacked a punitive workplace culture. The key, of course, is for senior managers to model ethical behavior, and to cultivate an environment of full transparency. It means that systems are failing.

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CBI sets out urgent requirement for internal and external communication on AI

Stephen Waddington

Ethics, employee engagement and wider stakeholder management are the three pillars of the CBI’s report AI: Ethics into practice. UK businesses have an opportunity to lead by example and take an ethical approach to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) according to the CBI. It is set to transform how we live and work.

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Why it’s important to know many codes of ethics – Erin Kennedy

Ethical Voices

Joining me on this week’s episode is Erin Kennedy , the ethics committee chair for the PRSA Central California Chapter. I also have led the internal communications team and launched a public affairs newsletter and advertorial for a large hospital system in California. So, ethics is a big deal, I would say.

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How To Protect Reputation In The Age Of Leaks

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Institutionalized whistleblowing is typically about a serious and systemic problem. But for ordinary organizations, trivial leaks of internal conversations or information can be problematic. That’s where internal communications and a culture of openness come into play. Look at the White House.

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Thoughts on Balancing Your Professional Work and Your Activism

PRSay

In those cases, do we swallow our discomfort and remain professional above all else, or do we join the employees who are rising up as internal activists? In this new model, organizations become part of a larger social system. Take a fresh look at the PRSA Code of Ethics , especially the core value of “Loyalty.”

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