Media Ethics Symposium

The Spuler Media Ethics Symposium featured four panelists: Marie Domingo, Shel Holtz, Jonathan Hirshon, and Ellen Leanse, all PR professionals. The main topic of discussion was the ethical challenges of social media in PR. The different reasons why social media has affected PR include being more truthful and accountable, society pays attention to what people are saying, and social platforms allow us to communicate with people in our community. The panelists each spoke on the topic briefly while chiming in with opinions of others.
In the past working in PR you never had to deal with real time, now its part of everyday work. The panelists also spoke about how important ethics are in the business. You need to realize that one persons ethics may be different than others. Jonathan Hirshon touched on the fact that if your not comfortable with what your doing at your job and it doesn't seem ethical, don't do it unless you can come up with a way to make it ethical and talk to your boss and let them know what you have come up with and how you feel the job you are doing is un ethical. I found the symposium very informative and took a way a lot of information on the ethics behind PR. Since PR is my major I feel this information will be very helpful in the future.