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In December 2021, PRSA only had 15,652 regular members, not "more than 30,000 members" as falsely promoted on PRSA's social media. Fraud?
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While gaslighting the PR industry with undeserved accolades to PRSA's over-compensated exec staff, PRSA conceals its actual CEO job-performance data.
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Public comments to the PCAOB discuss PRSA's audit and conflict of interest issues overseen by PRSA's CFO (Global Alliance's Treasurer).
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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's Newhouse School sent PR students for career advice from 5W's ethics-embattled Ronn Torossian. Months later, Syracuse arrested him.
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UF President Ben Sasse used strong, clear communication + policy that served to prevent campus violence. Other leaders should take note.
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Elizabeth West -- Mary Beth West's daughter, who is a rising senior at the University of South Carolina -- makes the case for students to attend the 2024 AMEC Global Summit in Bulgaria with one of 200 free online passes.
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The 2024 PRO PR Conference in Belgrade, Serbia, brought together public relations global leaders, unified in PR ethics and best practice.
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The PR industry can learn a lot from journalism's own ethics code as well as challenges faced in today's newsrooms.
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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?