Aside from everything discussed at hearings in Washington, there were a number of interesting ethics articles over the past few weeks touching on disguised earned media, misinformation, and integrity
This week on EthicalVoices, Filomena Fanelli, CEO of Impact PR & Communications discusses a number of important ethical issues, including:
1) Why we need to trust but verify
2) How to make your employees understand and live your values
3) Ethics and predatory lending
Cathy Morley Foster, the principal at Morley Foster Consulting, discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:
1) How to effectively counsel those that want to make unethical decisions
2) The importance of expertise and common sense
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
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.
This week there were just a few prominent ethics stories – but boy were they big. From The Oscars (do you know something happened?), to conflict of interest in the judiciary to an interesting PRCA study on PR ethics in Africa, there are some great topics to discuss.
Ellen Crane, APR, Fellow PRSA. founder of Women Elevated, addresses a number of important ethics issues including:
1) What to do when your ethical values diverge from your employer’s values?
2) How can old school strategies counter disinformation
How big a threat are deepfakes? What drugs are OK to send to Russia? Do ethics matter to employees? What is ethical lobbying? This week there were some great stories – and a funny Dilbert cartoon on ethics.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The Irish Times discusses how ethical shoppers are driving a revolution. But beyond that, key ethics stories for the week all revolved around ethics and business.
Aaron Kwittken, the founder and chairman of KWT Global and the founder of PRophet, discusses:
1) An issue he still regrets not speaking up on 30 years ago
2) Ethical issues in merging the science and art of public relations
3) How augmented intelligence can help enhance our profession
4) How do we create belonging in a hybrid environment?