PR Ethics & DisclosureThe line between advocacy and deception, and where it gets crossed.Communications & MediaDuties and prohibitions in common professional codes.DutiesDisclose who you act forBe accurate; correct errors you causeKeep client confidences lawfullyDeclare conflicts between clientsKeep advocacy separate from journalismProhibited practiceAstroturfing and fake grassroots groupsUndisclosed payment for editorialFront groups concealing the funderSock puppets and fake reviewsPassing off advertising as newsEducational reference. Professional codes and legal duties ondisclosure vary by country and sector. Not legal or professional advice.PR Ethics & Disclosurelearnposters.com
PR Ethics & Disclosure — printable humanities wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the PR Ethics & Disclosure poster

10 entries in 2 groups.

Duties and prohibitions in common professional codes.

Educational reference. Professional codes and legal duties on disclosure vary by country and sector. Not legal or professional advice.

Questions about the PR Ethics & Disclosure poster

What’s on the PR Ethics & Disclosure poster?
10 entries in 2 groups. Duties and prohibitions in common professional codes. Duties: Disclose who you act for, Be accurate; correct errors you cause, Keep client…; Prohibited practice: Astroturfing and fake grassroots groups, Undisclosed payment for…. Educational reference. Professional codes and legal duties on disclosure vary by country and sector. Not legal or professional advice.
Who is the PR Ethics & Disclosure poster for?
PR Ethics & Disclosure belongs to the Communications & Media section rather than to a school year, because humanities is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning public relations can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the PR Ethics & Disclosure poster?
When asked to place material without saying who paid for it. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so PR Ethics & Disclosure belongs on the wall where that humanities work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with PR Ethics & Disclosure?
Apologising Well, Crisis Response and The Holding Statement sit alongside PR Ethics & Disclosure in the Communications & Media section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Apologising WellCrisis ResponseThe Holding Statement
Is the PR Ethics & Disclosure poster free to download and print?
Yes. PR Ethics & Disclosure downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Communications & Media section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the PR Ethics & Disclosure poster print at?
PR Ethics & Disclosure is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of PR Ethics & Disclosure loses nothing.Printing guide

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