What makes the field of business ethics so interesting and so challenging is that as a term, and as a concept,“business ethics” means so many different things to so many different constituencies. However, many of these constituencies often don’t communicate well together. The academic side of business ethics is often not seen as a resource …

6. Anticipate Crises If you’re being proactive and preparing for crises, gather your Crisis Communications Team for long brainstorming sessions on all the potential crises which can occur at your organization. There are at least two immediate benefits to this exercise: * You may realize that some of the situations are preventable by simply modifying …

A post will be published twice a week, most likely Tuesdays and Fridays. Each of the bulleted items below is a topic of a post. The posts are organized into major sections and subsections. For example, the post “Major Types of Consultants” is in the subsection “About Consulting,” which is in the section “Foundations of …

Public Relations means different things to different people. While this blog is titled Public Relations/Media Relations, media relations is really a subset under the wide umbrella of PR. But it’s often the most critical piece of the process. This blog will work at understanding big picture PR/Media Relations issues and the “small stuff.” It’s designed …

Is there any such thing as a ‘best practice’ project management? I have a personal view but my aim in this blog is partly to pose and discuss questions of relevance and value. It is certainly true that projects by their very nature can be very different and that drives some people to argue that …

Crisis: Any situation that is threatening or could threaten to harm people or property, seriously interrupt business, damage reputation or negatively impact share value. Every organization is vulnerable to crises. The days of playing ostrich are gone. You can play, but your stakeholders will not be understanding or forgiving because they’ve watched what happened with …

I’m Jonathan Bernstein, host of this blog. You can read more about me next to my picture in the sidebar. This blog will be about various aspects of crisis management, will focus especially on practical tips and tools, and will posts from guest writers. You can learn more about this blog by clicking on the …

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Purpose of this Business Ethics, Culture and Performance Blog The role of ethics inside organizations is changing. Business ethics is not an isolated field but a critical component of a high-performing, healthy corporate culture. This blog helps you understand and explore the roles of ethics, culture and performance by providing articles, opinions, commentary and many …

Purpose of this Crisis Management Blog This blog helps you improve your crisis management by providing articles, opinions, commentary and many related resources. The blog is for a general audience, including beginners and those advanced in crisis management. The benefits of crisis management are many, including that it ensures: Accurate assessment of the cause and …