EthicalVoices

This week on EthicalVoices, Loren King , digital marketing supervisor for AI and insights at MorganMyers , discussed ethical issues including: ·        How coffee talks and can build a healthy AI adoption culture ·        Why organizations need an AI philosophy, not just policies ·        Why communicators must balance AI innovation with humanity, empathy, privacy, and environmental impact

This week on Ethical Voices, Linda Staley, APR, Fellow PRSA, corporate communications manager at Carilion Clinic discusses: 1) Why trust is the real currency in healthcare communications 2) How transparency in a crisis can protect your reputation more than perfection 3) How the ethical risks of AI and misinformation will shape our future calling

This week on EthicalVoices, Damaryan Benton, the founder of The PR Habitat, Co-Chair of the Queer Frontier Collective, and an account executive for Anomaly, discusses: 1) Why you shouldn't confuse access with alignment 2) How early-career professionals can effectively challenge tone-deaf campaigns 3) Why authentic storytelling—not social metrics—must guide the use of AI in communications 4) Where...

This week on Ethical Voices Bill Keeler , senior director of PR and communications with Semperis a leader in AI powered identity security, and cyber resilience, discusses: Why "vaporware" claims are the fastest way to lose credibility in cyber PR The ethics issues involved in ransomware attacks The issues CISOs face – and how it is coming to the big screen The power of transparency

Joining me on this week's episode of Ethical Voices is  Mike Farber, the co-founder of GreenStory. He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: 1) Why the most important ethics decision happens before you hire a person or client 2) Why "It's legal" is one of the most dangerous phrases in communications 3) Why comms leaders must reclaim the truth

This week on Ethical Voices, Kristin Amico , a writer, editor, content strategist, and the most traveled person I know discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: ·        Why most ethics failures don't start with scandals ·        What the "Wild West" of AI really looks like inside organizations under pressure to perform ·        How fear, job insecurity, and "do more with less" env...

This week on EthicalVoices, Amie Hoffner , Vice President of Corporate Communications at American  Dairy Queen Corporation , shares why communicators need the same protections as attorney–client privilege — and how to stay ethical when the lines between PR, marketing, and media blur. She discusses: ·          Why communicators should have the same legal protections as lawyers ·          How to avo...

Dick Martin, the retired Chief Communication Officer for AT&T and Chairman of the Board of the PR Museum, discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: 1) How a single racist cartoon exposed deeper organizational issues and sparked meaningful change 2) Why telling the truth in PR isn't always easy 3) Why strong ethics requires more than good intentions 4) Why you should be careful abou...

This week on Ethical Voices, Tammy Gordon , the (past) public information department manager for the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District. [Editors note: I sat on this interview for way too long and she is now Director of Public Affairs at the Citrus Heights Water District], discusses a number of important ethical issues, including: ·          How to navigate ethical conflict when...

This week on Ethical Voices, Carolyn Smith Casertano, MA, APR, Fellow PRSA, professor of practice in the Department of Communication at the University of Arizona, discusses a number of important ethics issues including; 1) How to effectively address management decisions that conflict with your values 2) What to do when a client tries to hire your staff

Fabiana Meléndez Ruiz, a strategic storyteller serving as the founder and CEO of Refuerzo Collaborative, discusses a number of important ethics issues including: 1) How to counsel effectively when your client has a culturally insensitive idea 2) How can you help organizations go beyond their biases 3) Unexpected ways PR pros fail ethically with the media 4) The most overlooked part of a PR person'...

Bill Swanger, APR, Fellow PRSA, the founder of William Swanger Communications, shares a number of important ethical issues, including: 1) Why it is important to ethically address financial mistakes and clarify misunderstandings 2) Ethically navigating paid and unpaid content

Tatevik Simonyan, the co-founder and director of communications and international relations at SPRING PR company in Armenia, discusses: 1) How to best counsel your client when they want to respond unethically to an unethical competitor 2) How to react calmly and ethically in highly emotional crises 3) Should PR create a global code of ethics for influencer marketing 4) What companies should know a...

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...

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 par...

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 P...

Dave Honchul, APR Fellow, PRSA is a public affairs specialist at the US Department of the Treasury and a docent at the National Museum of the US Air Force. He discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: 1) What to do when you think you received an unlawful order 2) One key thing many PR pros are forgetting to do 3) How far do you need to dig before deciding something is true

Kelsey Bohl, the Senior Manager of Corporate Communications Press Office at Walmart, discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: 1) Why corporations need to be careful they aren't the oones spreading misinformation 2) Ethics of data analysis 3) Why PR pros need to change their definition of media