EthicalVoices

Erin Kennedy, the ethics committee chair for the PRSA Central California Chapter, discusses: 

1) What to do when your boss wants to disclose information before you should

2) How to better understand how those spreading misinformation think

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

This week on Ethical Voices, Missy Hurley, the co-founder and CEO of B2 Communications, discusses a number of important ethics issues:

·         What to do when advocacy groups change your words to spread misinformation

·         How to deal with biased reporters

·         When ethically to disclose you used AI

Joseph Abreu, the Chief Communications Officer for the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller of Lee County, Florida, and 2024 National Chair of PRSA., discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:

1) The ethical importance of avoiding even the appearance of impropriety.

2) How to get ahead of AI ethics challenges

Ann Marie Varga, the internal communication manager for AdventHealth discusses a number of important ethics issues including:

1) One key PR ethics lesson from the Pulse nightclub shooting

2) How to protect your (and your team’s) mental health in crisis situations

3) Ethical issues in internal communications

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 

Joining me on this week's episode is Roy Reid, a senior fellow with the Stockworth Institute, and he is recognized as one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business. He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:

1) What to do when your client asks you to besmirch the competition 2) How to effectively and ethically build trust 3) What to do when employees, clients and partners break your trust

In November 2023, PRSA issued new ethics guidelines titled “The Promise and Pitfalls, the Ethical Use of AI for Public Relations Practitioners”.

Michelle Egan, the 2023 National Chair of PRSA and Mark Dvorak, the 2023 Chair of PRSA's Board of Ethics and Professional Standards discuss the AI guidelines and more.

Ed Harrison, the managing director of Inkhouse in Boston discusses several ethics issues including:

1) Ethical failures with data

2) Why we need to tell the hard truths

3) The important difference between being nice and being kind

4) An interactive discussion on AI tools and training

This week on Ethical Voices, Marcia DiStaso, Associate Dean for Research in the College of Journalism and Communications and Professor of Public Relations at the University of Florida. discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:

• How do we ethically ask questions in research?
• What to absolutely never, ever do when conducting research for a PR campaign
• Ethical challenges with AI in PR