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Fighting Mosquitoes and Misinformation: Ethics in the Public Health Trenches

By • July 7, 2025 • 0 Comments
Fighting Mosquitoes and Misinformation: Ethics in the Public Health Trenches

This week on Ethical Voices, Tammy Gordon, the (past) public information department manager for the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District. [Editors note: I sat on this interview for way too long and she is now Director of Public Affairs at the Citrus Heights Water District], discusses a number of important ethical issues, including:

1) How to navigate ethical conflict when your job challenges your personal values

2) How to intervene when colleagues prioritize quick fixes over responsible practices

3) How to address unethical behavior without triggering defensiveness

Don’t Confuse Doing the Right Thing with Being Seen Doing the Right Thing – Jim Hoggan

By • May 17, 2021 • 0 Comments
Don’t Confuse Doing the Right Thing with Being Seen Doing the Right Thing

Jim Hoggan, a bestselling author, president of Hoggan & Associates, and founder of DeSmog discusses a number of key topics including:

1) Don’t confuse doing the right thing with being seen doing the right thing

2) Why even if you are right, you can be in the wrong

3) The ethical dangers of tribalism

4) The heart vs. the mind

Ethical Issues in Investor Relations and ESG: David Calusdian

By • August 17, 2020 • 0 Comments
Ethical issues in Investor Relations

Joining me on this week’s episode is David Calusdian, the President of Sharon Merrill Associates David is my first guest who focuses on investor relations. He shares his insight on a number of key topics, including:
1) Should you work with someone when their values do not align with yours?
2) What are ethical issues companies face with ESG
3) Core ethical issues with investor relations

Ethical Challenges in Environmental Communications – Gary McCormick

By • June 24, 2019 • 0 Comments
Gary McCormick discusses ethics challenges in environmental communications with Ethical Voices

Joining me this week on Ethical Voices is Gary McCormick, APR, Fellow PRSA. He is a past president of PRSA, owns his own consulting firm, previously worked in marketing and public relations for Scripps Networks Interactive, the parent company of cable networks HGTV, Food Network, and the Travel Channel, and

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