Ethics in public relations and responsible advocacy theory

Ethics in public relations plays a vital role in human communication. It brings the credibility to organizations. It helps to establish faithful relationship between organizations and the public. Excellence in public relations can be achieved by ethical practices. Public relations organizations shou...

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Main Authors: Haque, Md Shahidul, Jamilah Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10539/
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description Ethics in public relations plays a vital role in human communication. It brings the credibility to organizations. It helps to establish faithful relationship between organizations and the public. Excellence in public relations can be achieved by ethical practices. Public relations organizations should follow code of ethics to provide reliable services to the target audience. Organizations need to ensure that the codes of ethics are practically implemented for the betterment of all the stakeholders. The responsible advocacy theory is one of the latest theories of ethics in public relations. It focuses on the responsibilities of public relations practitioners. It is based on three major principles of public relations ethics: the comparison of harms and benefits, respect of persons, and distributive justice. It encourages to avoid all harmful contents, guarantee the public interest, safeguard the human dignity and maintain justice in communication. This article highlights on the basic concepts of ethics in public relations, codes of ethics in different public relations organizations and key points of responsible advocacy theory.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:105392017-07-11T09:01:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10539/ Ethics in public relations and responsible advocacy theory Haque, Md Shahidul Jamilah Ahmad, Ethics in public relations plays a vital role in human communication. It brings the credibility to organizations. It helps to establish faithful relationship between organizations and the public. Excellence in public relations can be achieved by ethical practices. Public relations organizations should follow code of ethics to provide reliable services to the target audience. Organizations need to ensure that the codes of ethics are practically implemented for the betterment of all the stakeholders. The responsible advocacy theory is one of the latest theories of ethics in public relations. It focuses on the responsibilities of public relations practitioners. It is based on three major principles of public relations ethics: the comparison of harms and benefits, respect of persons, and distributive justice. It encourages to avoid all harmful contents, guarantee the public interest, safeguard the human dignity and maintain justice in communication. This article highlights on the basic concepts of ethics in public relations, codes of ethics in different public relations organizations and key points of responsible advocacy theory. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10539/1/17158-48635-4-PB.pdf Haque, Md Shahidul and Jamilah Ahmad, (2017) Ethics in public relations and responsible advocacy theory. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 33 (1). pp. 147-157. ISSN 0128-1496 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/901
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Jamilah Ahmad,
Ethics in public relations and responsible advocacy theory
title Ethics in public relations and responsible advocacy theory
title_full Ethics in public relations and responsible advocacy theory
title_fullStr Ethics in public relations and responsible advocacy theory
title_full_unstemmed Ethics in public relations and responsible advocacy theory
title_short Ethics in public relations and responsible advocacy theory
title_sort ethics in public relations and responsible advocacy theory
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