Public Relations Matters

“Public-relations specialists make flower arrangements of the facts, placing them so that the wilted and less attractive petals are hidden by sturdy blooms”
- Alan Harrington

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.”
- Daniel J. Boorstin
 
“All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.”
- Harry S Truman
 
“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”
- Richard Feynman

This week, I had the opportunity to share some of my thoughts on ethics in the field of public relations with classes from Georgia Southern. I promised the students that I would post my slides here, and since the presentation was on ethics, it made lots of sense to follow through on my promise — so here are the slides.

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The Ethical Public Relations Professional (Slides / Notes)

(Note: Information in this class presentation was gleaned from various sources, primarily the textbook for the Introduction to Public Relations course, Public Relations: Strategies & Tactics.)

Something that intrigued the students was this image. What do you see here?

Now tilt your head to the right . . . do you see anything different?