Ethical obligations of public relations in an era of globalisation

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-40

  Starck, Kenneth ^a   Kruckeberg, Dean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Ethics; Globalisation; Professionalism; Public relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993000164     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632540410807529     Document Type: Article

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