Joining me on this week’s episode of Ethical Voices is Mike Farber, the co-founder of GreenStory. He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:
1) Why the most important ethics decision happens before you hire a person or client
2) Why “It’s legal” is one of the most dangerous phrases in communications
3) Why comms leaders must reclaim the truth
This week on Ethical Voices, Kristin Amico, a writer, editor, content strategist, and the most traveled person I know discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:
1) Why most ethics failures don’t start with scandals
2) What the “Wild West” of AI really looks like inside organizations under pressure to perform
3) How fear, job insecurity, and “do more with less” environments quietly undermine ethical decision-making
4) Why mentorship is the most effective ethics safeguard for junior staff
Dick Martin, the retired Chief Communication Officer for AT&T and Chairman of the Board of the PR Museum, discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:
1) How a single racist cartoon exposed deeper organizational issues and sparked meaningful change
2) Why telling the truth in PR isn’t always easy
3) Why strong ethics requires more than good intentions
4) Why you should be careful about getting too clever
Fabiana Meléndez Ruiz, a strategic storyteller serving as the founder and CEO of Refuerzo Collaborative, discusses a number of important ethics issues including:
1) How to counsel effectively when your client has a culturally insensitive idea
2) How you can help organizations go beyond their biases
3) Unexpected ways PR pros fail ethically with the media
4) The most overlooked part of a PR person’s job
Captain Barbara Bell, U.S. Navy (ret). Captain Bell was one of Annapolis’s first female graduates and has a distinguished career as an aviator and naval flight test officer. Today, she teaches at the US Naval Academy and may discuss ethics even more than I do.
In this interview she discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:
1) The importance of the really small things
2) The ethics framework being taught to future Navy officers – and how everyone can apply it
3) How to understand and avoid biases
4) Never forget you are a role model
Christie Goodman, the director of communication for the Intercultural Development Research Association, discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:
1) How to avoid using people as props and authentically engage
2) Ethics challenges with assumptions
3) How to effectively engage and learn from diverse audiences
4) How to effectively advance social justice issues
Jennifer Gonzalez, the senior vice president of multicultural strategy at C+C (and my colleague) discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:
1) What to do when you know your prospect’s multicultural program does not align with the community’s needs
2) Ethical issues in partnering with community-based organizations
3) Why sometimes being equitable requires you to say no
Erica Salmon Byrne, CEO of Ethisphere discusses:
1) How does a company become one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies?
2) What are the top ethics issues facing companies?
3) How can businesses create a more ethical environment?
4) What questions should businesses ask about ethics and AI?
5) Proof that being ethical is good business
Candace Hamana, the owner of Badger PR and the founder of The Indigenous Peoples Public Relations Association discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:
1) What to do when your employer doesn’t let you act in true faith
2) How to make land acknowledgements more than a performative action
3) The importance of cultural contexts
This week on EthicalVoices, Filomena Fanelli, CEO of Impact PR & Communications discusses a number of important ethical issues, including:
1) Why we need to trust but verify
2) How to make your employees understand and live your values
3) Ethics and predatory lending