Category: Ethics

  • No happy ending for HP

    Could the good name and reputation of Hewlett-Packard be tarred with a similar brush to that of the likes of Enron and WorldCom? It’s looking a distinct possibility if the board room shenanigans that have ripped through the firm’s leadership…

  • Astroturfing: Time to walk the talk

    Last month’s anti-astroturfing initiative by Australian PR bloggers Trevor Cook and Paull Young got off to a good start with plenty of commentary in support of the idea. The supporters list now shows the names of 32 people who have…

  • Speak out against astroturfing

    Australian PR bloggers Trevor Cook and Paull Young are spearheading a grassroots campaign to persuade PR practitioners worldwide to speak out against an insidious practice known as astroturfing. The term astroturfing describes formal public relations projects which deliberately seek to…

  • Thanks, WSUNTech, but you still need to fix some things

    A positive conclusion re my ‘cease and desist’ post yesterday. WSUN Technologies responded immediately to my request to stop using my content on their blog without permission: […] WSUN Technologies does not tolerate copyright infringement of any kind. The violating…

  • WSUNTech: Don’t steal my content

    I’ve just sent my first formal ‘cease and desist’ request to a company that appears to be ripping off my content and publishing it as if it were their own. Maybe ‘cease and desist’ isn’t the right phrase (I’m not…