10Ethics in Government Public Relations and Modern Challenges for Public Sector Organizations
Introduction
Public relations in government faces an unprecedented demand for trust. With the advent of 2020s global pandemic, trust in government has skyrocketed up 11 points in just 5 months, and it is the only institution trusted by the general public.1 But prior to the global COVID-19 pandemic, more people than ever documented said they distrusted government and its institutions. Why the sudden change? And is the government of today really more ethically responsible and trustworthy than the government of just a year ago? A deeper look at the ethics of our institutions and governmental public relations is ...