Thursday, February 22, 2007
Is dishonesty a necessity?
Following the debate about whether those working in public relations had a duty to tell the truth, it was interesting to see that the majority at the University of Westminster were against the motion.
I don’t think for one second think that anyone believes lying in public relations is a necessity – more a last resort – but even then I think it is difficult to distinguish between spinning a story and lying.
Personally, I’d like to think I would be capable of spinning stories well enough to be able to avoid lying. Permalink |
Following the debate about whether those working in public relations had a duty to tell the truth, it was interesting to see that the majority at the University of Westminster were against the motion.
I don’t think for one second think that anyone believes lying in public relations is a necessity – more a last resort – but even then I think it is difficult to distinguish between spinning a story and lying.
Personally, I’d like to think I would be capable of spinning stories well enough to be able to avoid lying. Permalink |
Comments:
It's ironic how PR as an industry seems to have really bad PR, being called liars is probably one of the nicer terms i've heard people call us.
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: 11:04 AM
It's a big issue with internal communicators - at what point does discretion, become lack of candor, become dishonesty, become lying?
It's funny how the world can't be divided into nice black and white certainties
Liam
www.blackbeltdojo.co.uk
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It's funny how the world can't be divided into nice black and white certainties
Liam
www.blackbeltdojo.co.uk
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