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The Importance of Really Small Things – Capt. Barbara Bell, USN (ret)

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • May 28, 2024 • 0 Comments

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

How to Deal with Biased Reporters – Missy Hurley

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • April 22, 2024 • 0 Comments

This week on Ethical Voices, Missy Hurley, the co-founder and CEO of B2 Communications, discusses a number of important ethics issues:

1) What to do when advocacy groups change your words to spread misinformation

2) How to deal with biased reporters

3) When ethically to disclose you used AI

What should you do when you think you received an unlawful order? Dave Honchul

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • October 30, 2023 • 0 Comments

Dave Honchul, APR Fellow, PRSA is a public affairs specialist at the US Department of the Treasury and a docent at the National Museum of the US Air Force. He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:

1) What to do when you think you received an unlawful order

2) One key thing many PR pros are forgetting to do

3) How far do you need to dig before deciding something is true

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

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • August 21, 2023 • 0 Comments

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?

The ethical importance of knowing when to say “No” – Natasha Koifman

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • June 13, 2022 • 0 Comments

Natasha Koifman, President of NKPR, one of Canada’s most powerful and innovative women in public relations discusses a number of important ethics issues including:

1) The ethical importance of knowing when to say “No”
2) How to empower your employees to make tough ethical decisions
3) The blurring of paid and owned media

What to Do When Your Employer Lies to You and Your Bosses Issue Conflicting Orders: Felicia Blow, PhD, APR

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • February 7, 2022 • 1 Comment

What to Do When Your Employer Lies to You and Your Bosses Issue Conflicting Orders: Felicia Blow, APR

first interviewed Felicia Blow, APR, almost two years ago. She was one of my first 15 interviews for the blog and podcast. This year she is the 2022 National Chair or PRSA, so I thought it made sense to revisit the interview.

She discusses a number of important topics including:

• How to make the ethical choice when your bosses issue conflicting orders
• What to do when your employer lies to you
• New areas of PR ethics concerns
• The best ethics advice she ever received

What do you do when you fire a client who has prepaid you? Lisa Gerber

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • October 18, 2021 • 0 Comments

Lisa Gerber, the CEO of Big Leap Creative and host of Breaking Trail podcast. She discusses a number of important issues, including:

1) What do you do when you fire a client who has prepaid you?

2) Building trust through stories

3) Why telling the right story is even more important than telling a story well

What to do when you are faced with nearness and drinking bias – Melissa Vela-Williamson, APR

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • July 26, 2021 • 0 Comments

Melissa Vela-Williamson, APR, an award-winning public relations expert, national columnist and host of the great Smart Talk Series podcast discusses:

1) What to do when you are pressured to inflate numbers?

2) What to do when you are faced with nearness and drinking bias

3) The ethics issues of multicultural appropriation

How Can We Improve Fashion Industry Ethics? – Jessica Kelly

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • June 21, 2021 • 0 Comments

Jessica Kelly, the Founder and CEO of THR3EFOLD, a leader in the ethical fashion space, discusses several key ethics issues, including:

1) Where should we start in improving fashion industry ethics?

2) Why all auditing bodies aren’t created equal

3) What everyone can do to improve ethics in the fashion industry

4) How can you maintain your moral compass when there is be pressure to succeed at all costs?

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

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • May 17, 2021 • 0 Comments

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

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