A Practical Guide to Ethics in Public Relations

by Regina Luttrell, Jamie Ward

On a daily basis, public relations practitioners are tasked with making ethical decisions, such as advising a client to fully disclose a corporate relationship or advocating for honesty when working with the media.

A Practical Guide to Ethics in Public Relations is designed for courses in contemporary studies of public relations and communications. This text highlights the delicate balance required to navigate the values and demands implicit to the field of public relations and those that underlie society as a whole. Students are encouraged to examine their own values and compare them to those commonly encountered in a professional setting.

Brimming with case studies, practitioner advice, practical ethical dilemmas, and popular culture references, A Practical Guide to Ethics in Public Relations is the ideal text for students grappling with the inevitable ethical dilemmas that arise in professional public relations.--Tia C. M. Tyree, Howard University "International Journal of Communication"

242 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 9, 2018

About the author

Before becoming an educator, Regina (Gina) Luttrell spent the first half of her career in public relations and marketing. Her extensive background includes strategic development and implementation of public relations and social media, advertising, marketing and corporate communications. She has led multiple re-branding campaigns, designed numerous web sites, managed high-level crisis situations, and garnered media coverage that included hits with the New York Times, the CBS Evening News, and the Associated Press. Today she is an Assistant Professor in the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University where she researches, publishes and speaks about public relations, social media, and the millennial generation both in the classroom and the workforce. Visit www.ginaluttrellphd.com to learn more.