EthicalVoices

Joining me in this week's episode is Greg Bailey, APR, Fellow PRSA, the founder of Finley + Bailey Strategic Communication. He discusses a number of important public relations ethics issues including:

1) What to do when a client asks you to hide their identity as part of a coalition

2) Why we need top to turn the mirror on ourselves

3) The growing challenge of malformation

4) How to make sure your employees understand how you value ethics

Elizabeth Edwards, the founder of Volume PR and the Engagement Science Lab, discusses a number of important issues, including:

1) The ethical challenges of weaponized communication

2) Avoiding thought-terminating cliches

3) What is the one tool or word, PR pros should retire

4) Why we need to think of meaning, not just tactics

This week Paula Pedene is being inducted into the Defense Information School Hall of Fame. Every PR pro should listen to her interview from 2018 and then buy her book: A Sacred Duty

Ethical Voices Interview #1 - Paula Pedene, APR, Fellow PRSA

In this episode we speak with Paula Pedene, one of the key whistleblowers in the VA scandal about the ethical issues she faced and advice for public relations professionals

Paula is a service disabled veteran, a PR agency owner and was PRSA PR Professional of the year in 2015. She is a guidepost against which many PR pros should measure their ethical standards.

This interview highlights:

1) The ethical issues she faced at the VA

2) Her advice for whistleblowers and those serving as ethical guardians for their organizations

3) The best ethics advice she ever recevied

4) New ethics issues of concern

This week on Ethical Voices, Ken Kerrigan, a Vice President at Infinite Global, discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:

1) Too many beers – Ethics and client conflicts

2) Can corporations really be ethical media enterprises?

3) The death of truth and the need for regulation

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

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, share insights from a recent journal article they authored titled The Role of Ethical Leadership in Building Influence: Perspectives from Female Public Relations Professionals.

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

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?