ABSTRACT

This book is a pragmatic, case-rich guide to how current and future public relations practitioners can apply ethical principles and the industry’s codes of ethics to their day-to-day work.

Authors Trevor Morris and Simon Goldsworthy draw on their years of industry and academic experience to illustrate key ethical issues and ground them in reality, all within an international frame of reference. Public Relations Ethics incorporates interviews with industry practitioners, offering contrasting perspectives as well as recent examples of real-life complaints and disciplinary issues. Provocative questions and exercises help readers grapple with ethical dilemmas and review the key scenarios and challenges that PR people face.

The book is ideal at the undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education levels as a core text for public relations ethics courses and a supplementary text for general public relations survey courses. Accompanying the text are online resources for both students and instructors, including lecture slides and links to further resources.

chapter Chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|20 pages

Why PR Ethics Matter

chapter Chapter 3|17 pages

Theory and Practice

chapter Chapter 4|35 pages

PR’s Own Codes of Ethics

chapter Chapter 5|22 pages

Who Wouldn’t, or Shouldn’t, You Work For?

chapter Chapter 6|26 pages

The Ethical Issues in Dealing with the Media

chapter Chapter 7|22 pages

Lobbying and Ethical Outrage

chapter Chapter 8|24 pages

PR Specialisms and Their Ethical Dilemmas

chapter Chapter 9|24 pages

PR Business and Management Ethics

chapter Chapter 10|17 pages

The Ethical Future

chapter Chapter 11|7 pages

Conclusion and Our Ethical Checklist