EthicalVoices

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

Laura Kempke, the Vice President of Communications for Acquia discusses several important ethics issues, including:

1) What to do when executives lie frequently?

2) Dealing with misinformation and the increasing need to take a stand

3) What can PR professionals learn from the open source community?

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

Jeff Hahn, the owner and principal of Hahn Public, discusses ethics and his new book - Breaking Bad News: The Definitive Crisis Communication Guide for Brands.

He also discusses several important ethics issues, including:

1) Why truth is just a negotiated reality

2) How to successfully nudge people into their proper swim lanes

3) Demystifying crisis communication

Jessica Kelly, the Founder and CEO of THR3EFOLD, a leader in the ethical fashion space, discusses several key ethics issues, including:

1) Where should we start in improving fashion industry ethics?

2) Why all auditing bodies aren't created equal

3) What everyone can do to improve ethics in the fashion industry

4) How can you maintain your moral compass when there is be pressure to succeed at all costs?

Kami Huyse, the CEO of Zoetica, a social media agency, who for me was first and best known as @kamichat discusses a number of important ethics issues including:

1) Why you need to respond and not react to unethical behavior 2) What one question should you ask friends facing difficult situations?

3) Why ethical PR people act like ombudsmen

4) What is the best thing PR pros can do in difficult situations?

Elizabeth Pesci, APR, Fellow PRSA, discusses a number of key ethics issues including:

1) How to handle a reporter friend asking you to disclose confidential information

2) Best practices in internal communication ethics

3) What ethics challenge spans the past, present and future?

Jim Hoggan, a bestselling author, president of Hoggan & Associates, and founder of DeSmog discusses a number of key topics including:

1) Don't confuse doing the right thing with being seen doing the right thing

2) Why even if you are right, you can be in the wrong

3) The ethical dangers of tribalism

4) The heart vs. the mind

Robert Johnson, the host of the PR Nation Podcast, discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:

1) When national security is on the line, how to you handle public relations ethically?

2) The state of truth today

3) Why PR Pros should take a different approach when a reporter asks you about confidential information

Janelle Guthrie, APR, Fellow PRSA, the communication director for the Building Industry Association of Washington, discusses a number of important ethics issues, including:

• What to do when you realize you have given out false information and admitting it will hurt
• What to do when someone calls you a liar
• How to ethically work through difficult situations
• Why Voices4Everyone is the solution to our next ethics challenge