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Ethics and PR Do Mix, But It’s Up to PR to Tell That Story

PR News

With so many negative stories swirling around the health and pharmaceutical sector and 80% of people believing pharma puts profits ahead… Continued. The post Ethics and PR Do Mix, But It’s Up to PR to Tell That Story appeared first on PR News Blog.

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R.I.P. For PR Spin: Ethics, Public Relations and The Imminent Death of “Spin”

MaccaPR

The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) has declared this September as "Ethics Awareness Month," complete with "The New Era of Authenticity" as a theme. There’s also a Google+ Hangout on PR ethics, webinars and a #PRethics hashtag. For a terrifically funny example of spin, watch the 2005 movie, "Thank You For Smoking.".

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PR Ethics: From Client Selection to AI Challenges – KayAnn Schoeneman

Ethical Voices

This week on Ethical Voices, KayAnn Schoeneman , President of Curley Company discusses: How to determine if a client is right for you Ethical issues in opposition research AI ethics challenges Why don’t you tell us more about yourself and your career? What is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted?

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PR Advice For CEOs Under Fire

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

First, it was eclipsed by a fire-and-brimstone invective from Elizabeth Warren, who demand that he resign and called for jail sentences for senior executives who cross ethical lines. Corporations must consider the legal and ethical ramifications of their business practices, but also how those practices look to ordinary people and legislators.

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When TV Commercials Wink

Mindful Marketing

Several years ago, I did research on the same phenomenon found in pharmaceutical ads , which are probably the worst offenders when it comes to sending mixed commercial messages. That’s the question I set out to answer through research that began with a group of students in an Advertising Ethics class I was teaching.

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Cultures of Corruption

Mindful Marketing

by David Hagenbuch - professor of Marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing “ Auditors Cheated on Ethics Exams ”—a recent New York Times headline revealed. Who would cheat on ethics?— The Security and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.)

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Making the case for solid public relations research

PR Conversations

Against my better judgment (under orders from a staff member more senior to me), I once presented a poorly designed survey to a pharmaceutical company client. I lost the argument, despite providing evidence that informed consent and respondent anonymity are accepted norms in ethical research practice: “If the Respondent [.]

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