Category Diversity

Crisis Comms, Diversity, Ethics, Governance, International PR, Leadership

Has UK Suppressed Free Speech via Bait-and-Switch? Are PR Folks OK with It?

Has UK Suppressed Free Speech with Bait-and-Switch?

Has the United Kingdom launched a tragic descent down a free-speech-suppression slippery slope, from which freedom-loving UK citizens may never recover? If elected to the White House, would the Kamala Harris Administration seek to adopt similar “internet troll” incarceration powers…

Mary Beth West
August 14, 2024

Diversity, Ethics, Governance, PRSA Ethics Misconduct

5 Revelations from DEI-Focused PRSA Foundation’s Latest IRS Tax Filing

With a $300,000 loss at the Diversity Action Alliance, PRSA members deserve to know what their own Foundation "charity" is really doing on DEI.

Mary Beth West
December 17, 2023

Crisis Comms, Diversity, Ethics, Governance

A Well-Deserved Message to Anti-Semitic Academia: “Job. No-Keep.”

In light of Fareed Zakaria's brilliant CNN editorial taking U.S. academia to task, you can't "PR" anti-Semitism. So let's not say stuff that suggests one can, or, much less, should.

Mary Beth West
December 12, 2023

Diversity, Ethics, ICCO World PR Report, In Memoriam, PR Research, Technology

New ICCO PR World Report Includes North American Market Insights

The North American PR agency sector faces a slew of competing priorities -- with budgets unequal to client demands.

Mary Beth West
December 6, 2023

Diversity

Pellissippi State: High Schools Fuel Diverse PR / Comms Workforce Pipeline

A new program in East Tennessee is helping diverse high school students gain career pathways into PR, media, and communications careers. Industry partners are welcomed to join!