Cant or Kant? PR-think gets heavy (part 2)
We PRs cannot avoid philosophical matters because, as Martin Sandbu says in his new book Just Business – Arguments in Business Ethics, decisions made by business have consequences for other people.
Cant or Kant? PR-think gets heavy (part 1)
Public relations professionals don't really do philosophy: we're in the people business. Yet how our clients juggle individual moral rights, social roles and social conventions cuts to the heart of what PRs communicate.
Book review: "Voices from Chernobyl"
“Voices of Chernobyl” by Svetlana Alexievich will provide a haunting reminder of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident in 1986, and a valuable one at that.
New muse on social media in Egypt
Now Mr Mubarak has fled Cairo the significance of social media in Egypt should become plainer to see. Its work
How PR sells firms and trust short
This essay published in A Sorry State: Self-denigration in British Culture, edited by Peter Whittle with a foreword by the historian Michael Burleigh. It exposes how the mainstream PR industry largely hates its clients and the society we live in.
Muse on Egypt and SM
The story of the murdered blogger Khalid Said has been an inspiration for protest in Egypt in recent weeks. But
Egypt's protests owe little to social media
In Egypt the authorities have imposed curfews, restricted access to the internet, Twitter and Facebook. Even mobile phones are not
How Chernobyl myths became official
It matters that the myth-making Chernobyl.info ranks high in Google searches because it appears to be an authoritative source backed by credible institutions.
Edelman's wonky 2011 Trust Survey
I love Edelman’s annual Trust Barometer, not least because it offers year-on-year comparative data. But its findings should come with a health warning.
In honour of Chernobyl 25 years on
Chernobyl was my Big Story: it was my life for a while. But it must fascinate any PR. It has
Why WikiLeaks is bad news...
Here is a piece on privacy, transparency, trust and the problem of WikiLeaks that I published at the beginning of
Messrs Cable and Assange: The media's holy fools
There are two media hullabaloos resonating right now: Business Secretary Vince Cable was stripped of some decision-making powers after telling
