Question: Do you respond to anonymous attacks?
Answer: Most likely, no. If the attacks gain legs later as news stories, then you can respond to the issue, but not the attacker.
The rationale: The knee-jerk response from communicators is to communicate. This is often a counter-productive approach to take. When facing an attack, especially an anonymous one, [...]
AAUP censure likely to be lifted
It was reported today that Tulane University is likely to have its censure lifted as it negotiates with its faculty and the American Association of University Professors.
I wrote two years ago about the debacle faced by Katrina-affected universities who were hit with censure by the AAUP for alleged violations of [...]
Public relations’ Code of Ethics serves as a viable reminder for being honest not just in your professional life, but for life in general. Honesty, the free flow of information and accuracy serve as valuable credos for personal and businesses relationships.
Nothing exemplifies this more than the ongoing hubbub about appropriating content from other sources. Taking [...]
Why CEO Salaries are so High
Read Part I and Part II.
Important facts about CEO salaries tend to be ignored by the news media. The back-story, the realities of CEO compensation, are far more complex than what can fit into a 30-second series of sound-bites on the evening news, and the complexities are often overlooked in [...]
Why the News Media Attack Corporate Executives
Read Part I here.
The reason for such outcry about CEO behavior is not because what CEOs do is arrogant – it just appears that way. It is not because their salaries are out of line – if that were the case, celebrities’ salaries, which are higher on average than [...]
July 9, 2009
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