Want PR Industry “Mental Wellness”? Then Fight for Fair Pricing of PR Labor
The PR industry's long-running pricing problem is arguably connected at the hip to its workforce crisis in mental health.
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Syracuse PR Students Get Advice from PR Guy Later Arrested at Syracuse
Syracuse's Newhouse School sent PR students for career advice from 5W's ethics-embattled Ronn Torossian. Months later, Syracuse arrested him.
U of Florida’s Ben Sasse Takes Higher-Ed Flimflam Out to the Woodshed
UF President Ben Sasse used strong, clear communication + policy that served to prevent campus violence. Other leaders should take note.
In the Room Where it Happened: PRSA and the Case of the “Missing” Fellows
PRSA's College of Fellows is in trouble, with one-third of its members M.I.A. But given years of such bad history, who can blame defectors?
5 Critical Gaps in PRSA’s (Very) Outdated PR Ethics Code
With massive bylaw / compliance conflicts, PRSA’s unenforced Code of Ethics hasn’t been updated since Bill Clinton was POTUS.
CPRE Reports Ethical Competency Shortfalls for PR Grads / New Pros
The Commission on Public Relations Education (CPRE) reports ethical competency shortfalls of PR graduates / new professionals. But are PR ethics codes partially to blame?
Postcard from Paris: EBEF ’24 Shines for Evidence-Based Ethics in City of Light
Trust cannot exist without evidence-based ethics. The 2024 European Business Ethics Forum illuminated this fact well in the City of Light.
2024 European Business Ethics Forum to Include Insights on Strategic Comms
To advance ethics in strategic communication, it's critical to reach boardroom and c-suite leaderships well outside the PR industry.
Are Americans “Over It!” with News? And To What End This Election Year?
In matters of perceived media bias, have some traditional news sources pushed Americans to the point where they no longer care?
There’s a Word for PRSA Falsifying its APR+M Pentagon MOU: Fraud
For more than a decade, PRSA claimed to have a legitimate "Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU) with the U.S. Dept. of Defense. They were lying.