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Do we really need PR schools to teach people how to be decent human beings? Probably not, but it's bad for business to be decent human beings. PR/x-relations/e
by forgottenpass 12y ago
Do we really need PR schools to teach people how to be decent human beings?
Probably not, but it's bad for business to be decent human beings. PR/x-relations/etc is about faking decency while unapologetically pushing a business agenda, that does take training.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoThat's how I feel, too. When I look at the whole area around sales, marketing and PR I can't help but wonder how come we, as a society, managed to legitimize being liars and cheats as an occupation. Lies are so common, so ordinary, that no one notices anymore.
- schneidmaster 12y agoHardly a new phenomenon, though. The deodorant industry, for example, got its start in a successful advertising campaign convincing people they smelled bad. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-advertisers-convinced-americans-they-smelled-bad-12552404/?no-ist http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-advertisers-convin...