Public Relations Review articles from September 1994

Public Relations Review archives from September 1994

Issues communication and advocacy: contemporary and ethical challenges. (Special Issue: Public Relations Ethics)
September 22, 1994... ABSTRACT: The use of persuasive mass communication techniques by public relations and advertising practitioners, rather than abating in influence as early theorists hoped because of more widespread education, is an increasing component of both...

Ethics and professional persuasive communications. (Special Issue: Public Relations Ethics)
September 22, 1994... ABSTRACT: Public relations practitioners are torn between two distinct heritages: the objectivity ethic of the journalist, and the persuasion ethic of the advocate. Moral confusion has resulted. This article argues that the persuasion ethic is...

Lies, deception, and public relations. (Special Issue: Public Relations Ethics)
September 22, 1994... ABSTRACT: This article examines lying, deception and concealment in philosophy and humanities, and relates these three concepts to notions of veracity in public relations. It argues that lying is unacceptable in most situations, but that...

The Hill & Knowlton cases: a brief on the controversy. (ethical consideration in client selection by public relations firm) (Special Issue: Public Relations Ethics)
September 22, 1994... ABSTRACT: This study examines the ethical controversies raised by the Hill & Knowlton client list under the stewardship of Robert Keith Gray, and discusses the ethical issues in relation to three questions: Should clients be accepted on the basis...

Hill & Knowlton's two ethical dilemmas. (Special Issue: Public Relations Ethics)
September 22, 1994... ABSTRACT: This article presents arguments for and against the acceptance, in 1990, of two controversial accounts by the world's third-largest public relations agency: Hill & Knowlton, Inc. Does the- acceptance of such controversial,...