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
It’s Valentine’s Week – is there a better time to share articles on the rise and weaponization of deepfake porn, the ethics of workplace romances and the rise of abusive workplaces? Read on!
This week I had a hard time deciding which ethics story was more concerning – organ harvesting or fake diversity. Read on and let me know what you think…
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 16th Anniversary of one of the stupidest guerilla marketing stunts of all time.
Scott Brooks, a public relations specialist for the TVA shares several ethics insights, including:
1) Your client is accused of price gauging, now what?
2) How to keep truth at the forefront
3) How to ethically deal with advocacy
I sure picked a good week to restart the This Week in PR Ethics this year. Everywhere you turn there is an ethics discussion. From ChatGPT to Deepfakes to ChatGPT to M&Ms to ChatGPT and Chatting with Hitler there are topics galore rife for discussion. Did I mention ChatGPT?
Linda Welter, the CEO of Caliber Group, a brand marketing, public relations, and digital firm discusses a number of important ethics topics, including:
1) Where do you draw the competitive line?
2) What is our first responsibility in ethical situations?
3) Ethics issues with influencers
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Rebecca Wilson, the Executive Vice President International for WE Communications International provides a great overview of the 2022 Brands in Motion Study and what it means for ethical communicators, including:
1) Addressing the diversity quota dilemma and tokenization
2) How many companies are delivering on their value-led commitments
3) How do brands balance their commitments to practical short-term issues versus long-term issues?
4) Key findings from the 2022 Brands In Motion Study
5) The two things every ethical communicator must embrace
Brian Peterson, the principal of Greater Life Communications, discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:
1) How respect can effectively address unethical situations
2) The ethical threat of incivility
3) How public relations professionals are failing and what we can do
4) The need for a culture of kindness