An Ethics Month discussion: Can civil discourse succeed during an American presidential election campaign season?
September 2, 2008 Copyright © 2008 PRSA. All rights reserved. The following article appears in the September 2008 issue of PR Tactics. Editor’s Note: September is PRSA’s annual Ethics Month. This article is an edited version of a longer conversation held on June 26 among BEPS members. For more on the PRSA Member Code of Ethics, please visit the BEPS page at prsa.org. The panel Robert Frause, APR, Fellow PRSA, CEO and founder, Frause, BEPS Chair Tom Duke, APR, Fellow PRSA, PR consultant Tom Eppes, APR, Fellow PRSA, senior partner, Eric Mower and Associates Patricia A. Grey, APR, public liaison, Ohio Department of Education Dean A. Kruckeberg, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA, professor, communication studies, and director, Center for the Study of Global Public Relations, University of North Carolina at Charlotte James E. Lukaszewski, ABC, APR, Fellow PRSA, chairman and president, The Lukaszewski Group Inc., Associate BEPS Chair Keith V. Mabee, APR, vice chairman, Dix & Eaton Francis C. McDonald,