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Voodoo PR versus “Voodoo Academia”

Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check on 27 August 2010. 5 comments.

Richard Edelman’s Voodoo Academia replies to Professor Aneel Karnani of the University of Michigan’s Business School’s WSJ article The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility. But who’s voodooing whom? More »

Stockholm Accords are useless for PR’s future

Posted by Paul Seaman under Media issues / PR issues / Political spin on 19 June 2010. 9 comments.

The last in my trilogy on the Stockholm Accords is dedicated to rebutting the authoritarian notion that PRs are “ideological governors of value networks”. More »

PR should help leaders lead, not listen

Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check / Opinion research / Trust and reputations on 28 February 2010. 6 comments.

Here’s a manifesto in favour of decent top-down adult leadership rather than the febrile fashions of the crowd.   More »

Let’s not turn media dramas into real crises

Posted by Paul Seaman under Crisis management on 12 February 2010. One comment.

Contrary to popular crisis management mythology, most dramas and disasters aren’t really crises at all. Chin up: things aren’t often really all that bad. More »

Profit and risk need better PR

Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check / Credit Crunch on 10 February 2010. No comments.

Being socially aware didn’t make Big Pharma innovate. Here’s a risky piece reminding us that profit matters more than seeming nice and safe, whatever the Davos savants pretend or their mantras might say. More »

Blowing the whistle on Wikileaks

Posted by Paul Seaman under Crisis management / Media issues / Trust and reputations on 1 February 2010. 4 comments.

Warning: this post is counter-revolutionary. A recent BBC’s Culture Show celebrated how Wikileaks exposes anything which comes its way with no chance of legal comeback. Supposedly this will usher in a revolution in openness. Here’s the case against transparency in defence of trust. More »

How organisations can survive the Tweet-sphere

Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check / Crisis management / Media issues on 26 January 2010. 2 comments.

Manchester United and Manchester City have advised their players against using social media accounts. It would seem the players have accepted the advice. The WSJ has taken a similar stance on SM. There are serious issues here to explore. More »

BA unions in retreat over cabin crew

Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check / Crisis management on 21 January 2010. 5 comments.

Unite, the union representing BA cabin crew, has postponed the threat of industrial action until after the Easter holidays to allow “families to be able to plan their travel arrangements in confidence”. That would appear to be a good PR move, but it isn’t. More »

A gung-ho argument for nuclear power

Posted by Paul Seaman under Energy issues / PR issues / Trust and reputations on 29 November 2009. 6 comments.

BBC Newsnight recently claimed that UK government plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations to fill the energy gap by 2020 are hopelessly optimistic. The industry responded by claiming it will be on time and on budget. It’s a phoney debate on both sides. More »

France Telecom grovel strategy (Part 2)

Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check / Crisis management on 23 September 2009. 6 comments.

Heather Yaxley’s very sensible comment yesterday in response to my piece on France Telecom’s (FT) suicides, provides an opportunity to say why in my heart of hearts I long to criticise FT’s approach. More »

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