EthicalVoices

Category: AI

Total 10 Posts

Promise and Pitfalls, the Ethical Use of AI for Public Relations Practitioners – A Conversation with Michelle Egan and Mark Dvorak

In November 2023, PRSA issued new ethics guidelines titled “Promise and Pitfalls, the Ethical Use of AI for Public Relations Practitioners”.

Michelle Egan, the 2023 National Chair of PRSA and Mark Dvorak, the 2023 Chair of PRSA’s Board of Ethics and Professional Standards discuss them and more.

How to Conduct PR Research Ethically – Marcia DiStaso

Marcia DiStaso, Associate Dean for Research in the College of Journalism and Communications and Professor of Public Relations at the University of Florida. discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:
1) How do we ethically ask questions in research?

2) What to absolutely never, ever do when conducting research for a PR campaign

3) Ethical challenges with AI in PR

How Much Human Agency Do We Require in Public Relations? – Ant Cousins

This week Ant Cousins, the Executive Director of AI Strategy at Cision, discusses a number of important issues, including:

• Cision’s AI ethics policy
• The ethics implications of the use of AI in public relations
• How much human agency do we require in public relations?
• The most concerning AI ethics issues
• Where should PR pros start when they want to learn more about AI?

We Must Confront the Uncomfortable Truths – Roger Bolton

Roger Bolton, the president of Page, discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:

1) What to do when a reporter is writing a story that you know will quickly become inaccurate
2) Why we need to confront the uncomfortable truths
3) The ethical use of technology and AI
4) Understanding the Page Principles

Ethical Issues in Merging the Science and Art of Public Relations: Aaron Kwittken

Aaron Kwittken, the founder and chairman of KWT Global and the founder of PRophet, discusses:

1) An issue he still regrets not speaking up on 30 years ago

2) Ethical issues in merging the science and art of public relations

3) How augmented intelligence can help enhance our profession

4) How do we create belonging in a hybrid environment?

When and where do you draw the ethical line? – Helio Fred Garcia

Helio Fred Garcia, President of Logos Consulting Group discusses a number of important ethics issues including:

1) When and where do you draw the ethical line?
2) How structures and clear protocols make courage less necessary in ethical dilemmas
3) What can we learn from Bernays’ definition of public relations?
4) What are some positive ethics lessons from Goldman Sachs
5) Three key elements in determining the “right” thing to do

Global Ethics and Technology Issues – How Public Relations Can Move A Company From Where It is to Where it Wants to Be: Torod Neptune

Torod Neptune, the chief communications officer at Lenovo discusses a number of key global and technology ethics issues including:
• How to move companies from the organization they are today to the one they want to be
• Living brand values globally and locally
• Why addressing ethics issues with technology requires businesses to think at the top of the stream

Ethics, Communications and Technology – Avoiding Techlash: Brandi Boatner

Brandi Boatner, the Social and Influencer Communications Lead global markets for IBM addresses a number of communications ethics issues including:
• How can public relations professionals prepare for techlash?
• What questions should PR pros ask to help avoid unconscious bias in campaigns and AI?
• How can social pros best run an ethical influencer campaign?
• Generational challenges with fake news

PR, Ethics and Artificial Intelligence: Chris Penn

Chris Penn, the co-founder and chief data scientist for Trust Insights, is one of the most insightful communications professionals I know.
In this interview, he discusses:
• What to do when your personal ethics conflict with your company’s ethics
• Ethical issues PR people will face with artificial intelligence (AI)
• What questions communications pros should ask their data scientists
• The scary thing about FaceApp people have overlooked