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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

What societal issues does every company have an ethical duty to support? – Niel Golightly

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • March 6, 2023 • 0 Comments

Niel Golightly, a partner at FGS Global, discusses several important ethics issues, including:

1) An important lesson he learned flying an F-14 over the Indian Ocean

2) What is the hardest ethical decision?

3) The power of humility

4) How do we redefine a corporation’s role in society?

5) What societal issues does every company have an ethical duty to support?

The Major Ethical Issues in Employee Communications – Ethan McCarty

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • October 17, 2022 • 0 Comments

Ethan McCarty, the founder and CEO of Integral, an award-winning employee activation agency, shares some great ethics insights including:

1) The ongoing ethical challenge of creating shared beliefs

2) Ethical issues with creating your own echo chamber

3) Ethical perils in personalizing employee communications

4) The ethics of quiet quitting

Trust the People Doing the Work – Renea Morris

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • October 3, 2022 • 0 Comments

Renea Morris, APR, Fellow PRSA, the Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communications at the University of Denver, discusses a number of important PR ethics issues including:

1) What to do when you are uneasy with your company’s growth strategy?

2) Why organizations should worry less about filtering people’s comments on social channels and trust the people doing the work?

3) Where can Higher Ed improve?

The Role of Ethical Leadership in Building Influence: A Female Perspective

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • June 6, 2022 • 0 Comments

This week we’re doing something a little bit different, and we’re speaking with Dr. Juan Meng, the Associate Professor of Public Relations at the University of Georgia, and Dr. Marlene Neill, APR, Fellow PRSA, an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at Baylor University. I asked them to share insights from a recent journal article they authored titled The Role of Ethical Leadership in Building Influence: Perspectives from Female Public Relations Professionals.

Licensing and Ethics in Puerto Rico Public Relations – Karen Garnik

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • April 5, 2021 • 0 Comments

Karen Garnik, the president of Global Vision Marketing and Communications and the president of Asociación de Relacionistas Profesionales de Puerto Rico and a licensed public relations practitioner, discusses a number of important ethics issues including:

1) How apathy is threatening ethical behavior

2) Porque ser Relacionista es cosa seria – Why being a PR pro is a serious thing

3) Licensing and ethics in Puerto Rico

4) How Puerto Rico’s Licensing compares to the APR

How Businesses and Executives Fail at Diversity, Addressing Harassment and Humanity – Mike Paul

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • December 21, 2020 • 4 Comments

This is the 100th episode of EthicalVoices and I am bringing you a very special guest. Mike Paul, the president of Reputation Doctor® discusses:

1) What executives should do (and many fail to do) when someone reports sexual harassment to them

2) The ethical failures of most businesses to act on diversity, equity and inclusion

3) When personal relationships are more important than safeguarding confidences

When and where do you draw the ethical line? – Helio Fred Garcia

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • November 9, 2020 • 2 Comments

Helio Fred Garcia, President of Logos Consulting Group discusses a number of important ethics issues including:

1) When and where do you draw the ethical line?
2) How structures and clear protocols make courage less necessary in ethical dilemmas
3) What can we learn from Bernays’ definition of public relations?
4) What are some positive ethics lessons from Goldman Sachs
5) Three key elements in determining the “right” thing to do

Why You Should Act Quickly and Decisively on Even Small Ethics Concerns – Mark Cautela

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • October 5, 2020 • 4 Comments

Mark Cautela, the Head of Communications for Harvard Business School, discusses a number of important ethics topics including:

1) Why you need to act quickly and decisively on even small ethics concerns

2) When company and team before self is not ethically appropriate

3) What to do when your boss asks you to fudge numbers on an award

The ethical trap of enabling toxic, abusive high-performers: Lisa Gralnek

By Mark McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA • August 10, 2020 • 1 Comment

Lisa Gralnek, the Principal and Founder of LVG & Co., has some great insight to share, including:

1) The ethical trap of enabling toxic, abusive high-performers
2) How can companies best live their values?
3) Why you shouldn’t always fall on your sword
4) The perils of “me before we”

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