This week there were almost too many PR ethics stories, and almost all of them are powerful. From PRWeek and Google highlight the long DEI road ahead and new ways to approach it; to advocacy, exploitation, AI, Art, and conflict of interest…there is an ethics topic for everyone.
Like many people, I have been having a lot of fun playing around with Craiyon (formerly Dall E mini) the AI tool that can create some awesome images just from a sentence. It failed me when I asked it to create an image of Syracuse Football winning a game. I
EthicalVoices is one year old. Thank you. It is just beginning.
Today is Halloween. I was going through some old files and found an infographic I created back in 2014 – The Nine Circles of PR Hell. Since it is also a throwback Thursday, I decided to share it here as a bonus post.
Good morning. Today is Labor Day in the United States, so this week I will be taking a break from my labors of bringing you insightful ethics content. Rest assured, I have great interviews already in the hopper for September. But September is an important month. It is PRSA’s Ethics
Matt Kucharski, the President of Padilla, a public relations agency that builds, grows, and protects brands worldwide discusses how good organizations can learn from ethical challenges. He also shares some great advice on:
• Four ethical challenges PR agency employees can face
• How to use agency values to work through client conflicts
• How to best deal with unethical client behavior
• Why ethics training should not be an annual checkup
Rather than have a regular post, I’m asking people to take a moment and reflect and think about what we complain about regularly and how that right to complain was bought by the people that served and came before us. Then spend the time with your loved ones and be thankful.
For those that want to read more, following are two of the most moving texts I have ever read.
Marlene Neill, PhD, APR, assistant professor at Baylor University and a top PR and ethics researcher discusses:
• What are the top ethics issues facing public relations professionals
• What are the top ethics KSAs for public relations professionals
• What ethics skills are PR professionals lacking
• How PR professionals can help
This year’s Global Ethics Summit by Ethisphere was an outstanding conference. A panel of CEOs addressed how to build an ethical culture. Panels addressed harassment, #metoo and how to tackle hot-button issues.
Special Report from Ethisphere’s Global Ethics Summit: How Communications Fuels the Ethics Agenda