Suppose, for a moment, that the incubator story was false. Would public relations practitioners be justified in using it to achieve what they may see as a moral purpose, the liberation of Kuwait?
What will be an ideal response?
This would make an interesting discussion for Chapter 6, Ethics in Public
Relations. Depending upon one's moral code, it may be ethical to lie to serve a
greater good. However, under PRSA's and IABC's ethics codes, lying is not
permitted. Even if it were permissible, lying damages the practitioner's long-term
credibility.
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a. emblems b. illustrators c. regulators d. adaptors e. affect displays
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Research suggests that group members' emotional intelligence affects how they develop and refute arguments
True False
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