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?
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5 Critical Gaps in PRSA’s (Very) Outdated PR Ethics Code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?
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.
P.R. Popcorn Alert: “I Hate Math!” Anti-Mantra Cracks Under PRSA’s $5 Mill Error
In 2016, PRSA’s Chairman declared the words “I hate math!” as PR anathema. Now, in 2024, PRSA's new $5 million balance sheet discrepancy underscores its corruption.
In “Ethics” Parlance, When is the Word “Code” an Utter Misnomer?
This #PRethics Month (Sept. 2023), the PR industry is challenged to consider a simple question: When is an ethics “code” not a “code” at all?… But rather, a “list of nice things to consider”? Public relations is a line of…
September is #PRethics Month
This September during #PRethics Month 2023, I’m proud to introduce a full white paper of global public relations association ethics code analysis, which I commissioned last year through the Institute of Business Ethics in London. The research is the first-of-its-kind…
Welcome to marybethwest.com — 4.0!
For 20 years, I’ve owned the marybethwest.com URL. During my 15 years (2003-2018) as a public relations agency owner, this dot-com served as the online home to my firm in Tennessee… with several iterations. Since selling my agency in 2018,…