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Code of Conduct, Member Login(/accounts/login) / Join IPRA(/member-services/join-ipra/), / Find a PR Professional(/member-services/find-a-pr-professional/) / Member Directory(/member-services/member-directory/), / Code of Conduct / PR Books(/member-services/pr-books/) / Payment Options(/member-services/payment-options/), , IPRA Codes, Throughout its existence IPRA has always sought to provide intellectual leadership for the public relations profession., A key part of this has been the development of a number of Codes and Charters seeking to provide an ethical, framework for the activities of the profession. Upon joining IPRA all members undertake to uphold these Codes and, in doing so benefit from the ethical climate that they create., In 2011 these Codes were consolidated into a single document updated to reflect the age in which we now live., The “IPRA Code of Conduct”, Adopted in 2011 the IPRA Code of Conduct is an affirmation of professional and ethical conduct by members of the, International Public Relations Association and recommended to public relations practitioners worldwide., The Code consolidates the 1961 Code of Venice, the 1965 Code of Athens and the 2007 Code of Brussels., 1. RECALLING the Charter of the United Nations which determines “to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights,, and in the dignity and worth of the human person”;, 2. RECALLING the 1948 “Universal Declaration of Human Rights" and especially recalling Article 19;, 3. RECALLING that public relations, by fostering the free flow of information, contributes to the interests of all, stakeholders;, 4. RECALLING that the conduct of public relations and public affairs provides essential democratic representation to, public authorities;, 5. RECALLING that public relations practitioners through their wide-reaching communication skills possess a means, of influence that should be restrained by the observance of a code of professional and ethical conduct;, 6. RECALLING that channels of communication such as the Internet and other digital media, are channels where, erroneous or misleading information may be widely disseminated and remain unchallenged, and therefore

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demand special attention from public relations practitioners to maintain trust and credibility;, 7. RECALLING that the Internet and other digital media demand special care with respect to the personal privacy of, individuals, clients, employers and colleagues;, In the conduct of public relations practitioners shall:, 1. Observance, Observe the principles of the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;, 2. Integrity, Act with honesty and integrity at all times so as to secure and retain the confidence of those with whom the, practitioner comes into contact;, 3. Dialogue, Seek to establish the moral, cultural and intellectual conditions for dialogue, and recognise the rights of all parties, involved to state their case and express their views;, 4. Transparency, Be open and transparent in declaring their name, organisation and the interest they represent;, 5. Conflict, Avoid any professional conflicts of interest and to disclose such conflicts to affected parties when they occur;, 6. Confidentiality, Honour confidential information provided to them;, 7. Accuracy, Take all reasonable steps to ensure the truth and accuracy of all information provided;, 8. Falsehood, Make every effort to not intentionally disseminate false or misleading information, exercise proper care to avoid doing, so unintentionally and correct any such act promptly;, 9. Deception, Not obtain information by deceptive or dishonest means;, 10. Disclosure, Not create or use any organisation to serve an announced cause but which actually serves an undisclosed interest;, 11. Profit, Not sell for profit to third parties copies of documents obtained from public authorities;, 12. Remuneration, Whilst providing professional services, not accept any form of payment in connection with those services from, anyone other than the principal;, 13. Inducement

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Neither directly nor indirectly offer nor give any financial or other inducement to public representatives or the media,, or other stakeholders;, 14. Influence, Neither propose nor undertake any action which would constitute an improper influence on public representatives,, the media, or other stakeholders;, 15. Competitors, Not intentionally injure the professional reputation of another practitioner;, 16. Poaching, Not seek to secure another practitioner’s client by deceptive means;, 17. Employment, When employing personnel from public authorities or competitors take care to follow the rules and confidentiality, requirements of those organisations;, 18. Colleagues, Observe this Code with respect to fellow IPRA members and public relations practitioners worldwide., IPRA members shall, in upholding this Code, agree to abide by and help enforce the disciplinary procedures of the, International Public Relations Association in regard to any breach of this Code., Adopted by the IPRA Board 5 November 2010, , This consolidated code is available in following languages:, Select a pdf:, , Frequently Asked Questions, The attached list of FAQS has been compiled to assist in the understanding of the Code, Click to download(/static/media/uploads/pdfs/ipra_faq.pdf), IPRA would like to thank those who contributed to the translations, , The english version of the historic codes from which this consolidated Code was derived are below:, Code of Venice(/static/media/uploads/pdfs/ipra_code_of_venice.pdf), Adopted in 1961 and amended in 2009, the Code of Venice is an undertaking of professional conduct by members of, the International Public Relations Association and recommended to Public Relations practitioners worldwide., Code of Athens(/static/media/uploads/pdfs/ipra_code_of_athens.pdf), Adopted in 1965 and amended in 1968 and 2009, the Code of Athens is an undertaking of ethical behaviour by, members of the International Public Relations Association and recommended to Public Relations practitioners, worldwide., Code of Brussels(/static/media/uploads/pdfs/ipra_code_of_brussels.pdf)

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