Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Businesses are increasingly viewed as more ethical and competent than government, media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Business is ethical and competent. According to the survey, business was the only institution that respondents classified as both ethical and competent. Write with journalistic ideals.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Before the students dive into the model and the study findings, I’m quick to point out that the road to FEEL (facing Fears , engaging with Empathy , living with Ethics and unleashing Love ) starts early and long before you begin your professional career. .

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Sure, every profession has bad actors; however, ethical behavior is inherently required in the practice of public relations. By the nature of the profession, PR pros are morally bound to act ethically. These articles reference at least a few of the ‘ethics codes’ of PR industry associations in the US and UK.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 30, 2024

Ethics and AI Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), specifically AI-generated content, is having an ethical (and legal) moment. When I am writing or editing others’ work, I personally use Grammarly Premium. Our blog posts are human-written, and if we use any sort of AI-assisted writing tool, we will disclose it.

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PRSay

JULY 23, 2024

For further reading on this topic: PRSA released a comprehensive framework titled “Promise and Pitfalls: The Ethical Use of AI for Public Relations Practitioners” last fall. The report, authored by PRSA’s Board of Ethics and Professional Standards (BEPS), results from extensive research, expert input and peer review.

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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. Ethics and earning public trust is critical for both of those industries. So, ethics is a big deal, I would say. What is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted?

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Ethical Voices

DECEMBER 1, 2022

One thing that hasn’t changed is the plethora of ethics issues. Is Keurig the Payments Ethics Grinch ? – Personally, if the details are accurate, I see it as violating the Fairness value of PRSA’s code of ethics. First of all, ethics is global and always has been. There are a few doozies to highlight this week.

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Mindful Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2023

So, I was surprised recently when a student waited until others had left, then said, “Hey, Dr. Hagenbuch, I have a question about an ethical issue.” I felt for Grant in this predicament, but I also was very glad that he not only recognized there was an ethical issue, he was conflicted enough by it that he wanted to talk about it.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Re-writing the AI draft “We’ll spend more time rewriting ChatGPT’s draft press releases, and less time finding relevant topics, reporters… thanks to it as well.” Write a 2-4 sentence prediction for marketing and PR in 2024.] ” ~ Mark Schaefer , Executive Director, Schaefer Marketing Solutions 18.

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Ethical Voices

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

She discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: How do we ethically ask questions in research? What to absolutely never, ever do when conducting research for a PR campaign Ethical challenges with AI in PR Why don’t you tell me about yourself and your career? PRSA had a poster, “Act Ethically and Carry On”.

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Ethical Voices

JULY 25, 2022

She discusses a number of important ethical issues, including: Why we need to trust but verify. Ethics and predatory lending. And it turns out a love of reading, keeping up with current events and news, and someone who enjoys writing in long form and telling stories are the kind of things a PR pro is made of. It’s true.

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Ethical Voices

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This week the communications ethics issues spanned a wide variety of topics from non-competes, to stupid PR people, to ethics developments with AI and the 16 th Anniversary of one of the dumbest guerilla marketing stunts of all time. Are non-competes ethical? This was the big news last week, but I am just getting to it now.

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Polaris

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Journalists have editors overseeing their work, correcting their typos or awkward language and often writing their headlines. The good news is most bloggers follow strict ethical guidelines, such as indicating when they’ve been reimbursed for a product review. Bloggers don’t have an editor. It’s all about building relationships.

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Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 4, 2020

Why it's important to make ethical behavior more than what you do at work but who you are all the time. This study validates the importance of not simply “towing the line” for professional purposes but also integrating ethics into our overall conduct. Ethics is not a uniform that we discard after hours. In his recent Inc.

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Cision

AUGUST 30, 2017

Write Great Content. This might go without saying, but your very first step in attracting the attention of an influencer is to write something they would want to share with their readers. You could write a blog post about the top 10 best purses the celebrity has ever carried. Did he inspire you to write the post?

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Cision

MAY 3, 2017

That’s why it’s more important now than ever for brands to do their part, to be ethical in their relationships with journalists and for them to support free press around the world. Journalists want high quality content from brands so they can write better news stories. This is good for business and good for our country.

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Ethical Voices

OCTOBER 28, 2024

I first met Tatevik when I was looking to expand the ethics cases outside of the US. Tatevik discusses How to best counsel your client when they want to respond unethically to an unethical competitor How to react calmly and ethically in highly emotional crises Should PR create a global code of ethics for influencer marketing?

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Onclusive

JUNE 1, 2023

When a journalist writes a negative article, internal stakeholders may jump to conclusions about the impact that will have on your brand. This is crucial for understanding what topics are important to your many stakeholder groups. But with social listening you can get a true, real-time view of brand perception.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

In honor of our “Storytelling & Writing” issue, we posed the following question for February: “What inspires your writing?”. “The writing I produce is driven by the desire to deliver honest, compelling and ethical communications that has value to society. Commucations Specialist, McLean, Va.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2023

I’ve been writing this monthly column about PR technology companies for nearly five years – and I’m still continuously reminded that while these companies make software for communicators, they are not typically communication experts. Meltwater announced six principles to govern the ethical development of AI. Content picks PR ethics.

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Ethical Voices

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

I first met him when I pitched him for a client, and we soon discovered we both went to Syracuse around the same time and had friends in common and wanted to talk about ethics. Scott discusses a number of important ethics topics including. The ethics of press trips. The ethics of reviews and selling products you review.

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Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 6, 2019

In a NY Times DealBook piece , Andrew Ross Sorkin writes about Jame Gamble, a former corporate lawyer for the largest companies: [He’s] concluded that corporate executives — the people who hired him and that his firm sought to protect — “are legally obligated to act like sociopaths.”. “The And if they didn’t, shouldn’t they have?

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Ethical Voices

JANUARY 23, 2023

She discusses a number of important ethics topics, including: Where do you draw the competitive line? What is our first responsibility in ethical situations? Ethics issues with influencers Why don’t you tell us more about yourself and your career? I am currently the CEO and Co-owner of the Caliber Group.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

What makes it so important that we would write about it so often? How to “Newsjack” – Ethically Opportunistic and insensitive attempts at newsjacking have given it a bad connotation in some circles, but newsjacking doesn’t have to be negative! So what is newsjacking? And why should PR professionals care about it?

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

During a meeting with a new client in 2007, Mark Dvorak, APR, Fellow PRSA, found himself in an ethical dilemma. 24 for an Ethics Month edition of Strategies & Tactics Live , PRSA’s monthly livestream series on LinkedIn. PRSA’s Code of Ethics is tremendously relevant today,” Dvorak said. “We He was the guest on Sept.

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Ethical Voices

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

For Ethics Month, I wanted to look at new topics and geographies. He discusses several important ethics issues, including: What should you do when clients are even tangentially affiliated with a coup? Ethical challenges with clickbait. That’s obviously not ethical. The state of misinformation in Cambodia.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

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. Update your conflict policy.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 20, 2023

These can be earned by attending conferences, seminars and workshops; writing articles about PR/communications; serving on your PRSA Chapter’s board; mentoring APR candidates; serving as an APR panel reviewer, and more. He presently serves as ethics chair for PRSA’s North Carolina Chapter.

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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?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The key, of course, is for senior managers to model ethical behavior, and to cultivate an environment of full transparency. ” Lepore writes, “Businesses have regulations, compliance departments, and inspections. That’s easier said than done. A red flag about institutions. It’s a red flag.

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Ethical Voices

AUGUST 1, 2022

Ken discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: Too many beers – Ethics and client conflicts. Can corporations really be ethical media enterprises? We get into a little bit about ethical dilemmas that we might face in the profession, including in today’s stakeholder driven world. That situation arose.

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PRSay

MARCH 26, 2018

The preamble to ENRON’s code of ethics (before their crash) reads: “Moral as well as legal obligations will be fulfilled openly, promptly, and in a manner which will reflect pride on the Company’s name.”. Seek the truth first and find ethical pathways promptly and urgently. Write less but make your words really important.

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Wadds Inc.

MARCH 8, 2023

The threat are copyright and ethical issues that arise from the use of AI tools. We looked at how AI tools could be used to help write a press release based on the recent CIPR report about the impact of AI tools on public relations practice researched and written by Andrew Bruce Smith and myself.

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Ethical Voices

MAY 18, 2023

Additionally, many of these news outlets have content teams to help native advertisers write copy. Lack of disclosure – Many communication professionals make use of native ads and follow the PRSA Code of Ethics when it comes to proper disclosure.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Write every document, email, text and Teams message as if it could eventually show up on the front page of The New York Times. Will you be able to legally, ethically, reputationally defend the advice you gave? How do your words make you look as a person? Voice your concerns — often. Go over people’s heads if you have to.

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PRSay

JUNE 7, 2023

But the actual work of reporting — and ensuring that public-facing content is accurately and ethically sourced, as well as factually correct — will be the work of humans for some time to come. His writing has appeared in Adweek, Forbes, the Dallas Morning News and PRWeek. Curtis Sparrer is the co-founder and principal of Bospar PR.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Tell us about your new book and why you decided to write it? Its goal was to describe the practical use of AI tools to help widen understanding and improve ethical adoption. Writing a book about a fast-moving area of technology has challenges. SW: We’re only beginning to understand AI’s impact on public relations practice.

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