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By: Our Battle with Ethics in PR | Orchard Communications

Our Battle with Ethics in PR | Orchard Communications — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:55:38 +0000

[...] by very reputable PR professionals about the ethical foundation of this industry. This includes Ethics and Disclosure by Gini Dietrich, Ethics in PR by John Cass, or Is Wikipedia Too Hard for PR? by David King, which [...]

By: Our Battle with Ethics in PR « Public Relations Knowledge Economy

Our Battle with Ethics in PR « Public Relations Knowledge Economy — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:24:24 +0000

By: terence.stephens

terence.stephens — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:27:17 +0000

@rachaelseda I agree. Is it a weekly tradition? It needs to be. There are some people in the world making it very easy to have it be a weekly tradition.

By: LisaThorell

LisaThorell — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:31:22 +0000

@ginidietrich There you have it: “We don’t have anyone regulating the ethics” (unlike the legal and medical professions). But what about this “live by the sword, die by the sword” fix? What if Wikipedia editors were to start a “PR Wall of Shame” entry, documenting these transgressions (as they are wont to do intensely!). PR folks are too well aware that the moving public news timeline speeds along and, even if caught in a scandal, you just lay low, wait a few weeks and everyone’s forgotten. But if it stays on such a wall for 5 or 10 years….;-) Or is that too Orwellian?

By: ginidietrich

ginidietrich — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:45:23 +0000

@LisaThorell When the Burson thing happened, it was during Counselors Academy, so we had the ear of PRSA. We were told they are a membership organization, not a regulatory body. So, while they can submit a statement to the media (which they do well when this stuff happens), they can’t make someone stop. What are they going to do? Take away their membership? That’s the biggest problem with our industry. We don’t have anyone regulating the ethics.

By: LisaThorell

LisaThorell — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:02:53 +0000

Hi Gini ! Thanks for posting this. Frankly, this is where i look to the premier protectors of PR standards, such as PRSA and the Counselors Academy, to voice their concerns quite publicly when someone, such as Bell Pottinger, steps over the line. To me, we have too much silence from our accreditation bodies and standards setters when this, the likes of the Burson-Marsteller scandal over Google-Facebook, the Bush VNR mis-usage, and now this blatant transgression occur. Some may assail me on this: But , overall, PR needs to be more brave in publicizing its own transgressions and condemning them. The whole industry reputation goes down when these unanswered transgressions occur.

By: KenMueller

KenMueller — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:19:29 +0000

@Anthony_Rodriguez@ginidietrich Anthony, don’t worry. She’s all bark and no bite. If you leave she’ll miss you.

By: Anthony_Rodriguez

Anthony_Rodriguez — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:15:03 +0000

@ginidietrich Seriously? I feel like I’m getting Wikipedia’d.

By: ginidietrich

ginidietrich — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:02:23 +0000

@Anthony_Rodriguez NO! You are banned until February! Move along!

By: ginidietrich

ginidietrich — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:01:49 +0000

@Maranda We only have our ethics. I’ve built my company on Warren Buffet’s words: Lose money for the firm and I’ll be forgiving. Lose reputation for the firm and I will be ruthless.

P.S. Someone here says hi. He’s sitting on my desk!