Category Archives: Ethics
Politics, Policy & Principles
You’re a member of congress. There’s a contentious public issue facing you, the congress and the nation. You know where you stand and what you stand for. But you’re torn. On the one hand, there’s policy at stake. A bill … Continue reading
Filed under Ethics, Political Communication, Politics, Public Relations
The Rules of Bragging
The following post could have been written by Polonius. What’s more rewarding than being understood? Something we all want. Simple, right? Not so fast. La Rouchefoucauld’s maxims have phrased these ideas — and many others — far more gracefully than … Continue reading
Filed under Ethics, Persuasion, Public Relations
Beer Diplomacy
One of my earliest posts to this blog about something I called ‘twitter diplomacy’. Last winter, amid the Israeli-Hamas skirmish over Israel’s retalliation over captured soldiers, an item appeared in the New York Times about social media. It seems that … Continue reading
Filed under Crisis Communication, Ethics, Media, Politics, Public Relations, Sociology
Kill the Messenger
One of my outstanding Harvard Extension School students sent me the video that’s linked above. It’s a tale of skulduggery — how a powerful company can pressure, bully and threaten a news organization when the company’s neck is on the … Continue reading
Filed under Crisis Communication, Ethics, Media, Politics, Public Relations
