Diversity - EthicalVoices

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

People Are Not Props – Christie Goodman

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • February 12, 2024 • 0 Comments

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

Acting Ethically Means Going Beyond Performative Action – Candace Hamana

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • February 20, 2023 • 1 Comment

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

2022 Brands in Motion: Global Ethics Insights – Rebecca Wilson

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • December 12, 2022 • 0 Comments

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

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

Ethical Issues in Diversity, Battle Rap, Cancel Culture and Hate Crimes Against Asian-Americans – Jennifer Cho

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • March 22, 2021 • 1 Comment

Joining me on this week’s episode is Jen Cho, the founder of Pivot and Swerve. She discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:

1) Where should businesses start first in diversity initiatives?

2) How to most effectively deal with microaggressions?

3) Ethical issues with Battle Rap – what to do when your ethics and the industry’s standards diverge?

4) How far back should we go with regards to cancel culture?

5) The rise of Asian American hate crimes

Rationalization Leads to Ethical Failures – Donald Singletary

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • March 15, 2021 • 0 Comments

Donald Singletary, the president at Singletary Group Communications and an adjunct professor at a number of universities, including Syracuse University and Baruch College, discusses:

1) Ethics of expense reports in the Mad Men Era and today

2) How societal changes are impacting ethical practices

3) How rationalization leads to ethical failures

4) Are we really making progress against systemic racism?

Ethics and Diversity: I Too, Am America – Troy Brown

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • March 8, 2021 • 3 Comments

Troy Brown, the President of one50one, discusses a number of key ethics issues, including:

1) How to respond when people try to marginalize you

2) The unethical myth of we can’t find diverse candidates

3) Ethical issues with influencer marketing

4) Ethics of Blockchain and Digital IP

Why Hiring Diverse Junior Talent Isn’t Enough – Cedric F. Brown, APR

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • February 15, 2021 • 0 Comments

Cedric F. Brown, APR, an independent consultant who uses digital strategy to produce equitable outcomes, discusses:

1) What to do when you see racist behavior at work

2) Why hiring diverse junior talent isn’t enough

3) Why we can’t just look forward

Fighting Sensationalism and Greed – Parry Headrick

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • February 8, 2021 • 0 Comments

Perry Headrick, the founder of Crackle PR, discusses a number of important ethical issues including:

1)What should you do when you don’t believe in your client?

2) Why we need to fight sensationalism

3) The need for greater diversity in public relations

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