Crisis communication and ethics: The role of public relations

• Main Authors: JIN, Yan, PANG, Augustine, SMITH, Joshua
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Crisis communication; Ethics; Crisis management; Public relations; Interview; Contingency theory; Business and Corporate Communications; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Public Relations and Advertising
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5941; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6940/viewcontent/Crisis_comm_ethics_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the veracity of the contingency model of ethical crisis communication by examining the factors of influence in a time of crisis including what constitutes ethics in a time of crisis; the role of public relations (PR) practitioners as the “moral consci...