EthicalVoices

Why businesses need to stick to their purpose and avoid wokewashing – Rebekah Iliff

Rebekah Iliff, a writer, humorist, and the founder of WriteVest, a writers’ collective focused on developing thoughtful, creative invoice, and voice driven content for brands discusses:

1) A shotgun isn’t the answer. What to do when your competitor copies your language and claims

2) Why businesses need to stick to their purpose and avoid wokewashing

3) Fighting vanity metrics

What to do when the story you are told just doesn’t add up – Andrew Healy

Andrew Healy, co-founder of Water & Wall, an award-winning marketing and communications agency, discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:

1) What to do when the story you are told just doesn’t add up

2) How to deal with content exhaustion

3) Misperceptions around financial services and ethics

Transparency and the industrialization of disinformation – Michelle Olson, APR

Michelle Olson, the 2021 national chair of PRSA and the managing director and head of the Phoenix office for Lambert discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:

1) How to fight the constant little drips of ethical challenges we face every day

2) Transparency and the industrialization of disinformation

3) The importance of universal key messaging

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

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

What to do when your boss doesn’t value honesty as much as you do – Gary McKillips

Gary McKillips, a freelance writer, broadcaster, and correspondent for AP Radio Sports and MLB on Sirius XM. discusses:

1) What to do when your boss wants you to fire a high-performing employee they do not like

2) What to do when your boss doesn’t value honesty as much as you do

3) Ethical issues with SpiderTech and sports public relations