T16 / Communicators on trial
(In-Depth Session)

Date: Tuesday, 28 June
Time: 1:15 – 3:30 pm
Track: Business Management

As a professional communicator, you will continue to be challenged by situations for which you will need to identify, analyze and resolve ethical conflicts or dilemmas. In this session, co-sponsored by IABC’s Accreditation Council and Ethics Committee, you will be the jury as we enact a hypothetical allegation of unethical practices, at whose core exists a conflict of interest.

In this interactive session, you’ll:

• Explore conflicts of interest, which reside at the core of every ethical dilemma
• Identify the consequences of allegations of unethical practices from the perspectives of global business practices, regional and cultural variations in ethical practices, and the IABC Code of Ethics
• Identify available resources and approaches to help you resolve ethical dilemmas

Moderators/ Todd T. Hattori, ABC / Washington, USA, has directed government, nonprofit and corporate communication strategies for 12 years. He is currently serving as a director-at-large on the IABC executive board and chairman of the IABC Ethics Committee.

Mary Ann McCauley, ABC / Minnesota, USA, is president of Catalyst Communications, where she provides strategic communication counsel to businesses and nonprofit organizations. She chairs the IABC Accreditation Council and is the 2000 recipient of the IABC Chairman’s Award, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the association and the profession.