Some thoughts on what we need to consider to be ethical in our communication.

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If you have five minutes you might want to take a look at my latest newsletter 👇

Is ethics just a tick box exercise?

If you are interested in ethics and communication particularly emergency and crisis communication this piece I wrote for Chartered Institute of Public Relations Influence newsletter may be worth a few minutes of your time.

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Intent, Impact and Power - ethical considerations Under Pressure 17 April 2026

My latest crisis communication newsletter - Under Pressure - has just been published. If you subscribe it will be in your inbox.

If you are interested in ethics, crisis and a round up of developments check it out here.

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Time to get ready and look after my throat as a full day of training beckons. First about content and public sector and then duty of candour.

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There are still a couple of places left on next week's duty of candour readiness. If you are interested in ethics and integrity in communication as well as what the new legislation will mean (when it hopefully happens!) this will be two hours well invested. Get in touch for info.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined the operating ethically in PR and comms session this afternoon. It was a really interesting discussion about such an important subject.

I am looking forward to this afternoons session on ethical challenges in comms. If you are signed up you should have received joining instructions. Any problems let me know.

Under Pressure | Amanda Coleman | Substack A crisis communication roundup. Click to read Under Pressure, by Amanda Coleman, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

If you are interested in crisis comms related information, updates and an exploration of the challenges you can find that in my newsletter - Under Pressure.

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Cops who ‘silenced’ rogue undertaker victims were SECRETLY filming fly-on-the-wall documentary | Amanda Coleman When I woke to read this headline "FUNERAL CON Cops who ‘silenced’ rogue undertaker victims were SECRETLY filming fly-on-the-wall documentary" in The Sun and then other newspapers I was shocked but no...

Some thoughts on the Hull funeral director documentary situation:
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Oats, sardines and crisps: emergency foods to stockpile – and why you should share them In turbulent times, experts recommend building up a store of food if possible – focusing on long-life, no-cook items

Great to see such a sensible discussion on food stockpiling www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ap...

Be prepared. The conversation we should be having Under Pressure 2 April 2026

My latest crisis comms newsletter has been published with a round up of latest developments

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Resources RESOURCES Monthly crisis communication, newsletter and videos Amanda Coleman is working to start and lead the discussion on effective crisis communication, challenging traditional ways of working, m...

The start of a new month. No April fools (the world is too difficult) but I have a new crisis communication case study. It will be on my website soon but if you are interested you can find 70 others there amandacolemancomms.co.uk/resources/

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If you missed this during the week please take a look at the article that @lucygobag.bsky.social and I wrote. Thanks

Co-op boss Shirine Khoury-Haq steps down

The chief executive of the Co-op Group is to step down after “toxic culture” allegations surfaced and the mutual fell into the red following a cyberattack

#thursdaythoughts - don't try to 'manage' people caught up in a crisis

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Regardless of what the Government is doing (delays!) what we are seeing daily is a need to bake in the duty of candour. If you work in PR and comms this is something we have to be doing - ethical communication is not optional.
If you are interested in this session in April get in touch.

How many more times? | Amanda Coleman Following the daily revelations from the Nottingham public inquiry led Professor Lucy Easthope and me to write this joint article.

If you work in leadership positions or as a senior communicator please take five minutes to read the article below that @lucygobag.bsky.social and I wrote. Thank you

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Putting people first - all the time Under Pressure 20 March 2026

My latest crisis communication newsletter has been published. With a focus on what I have been talking about all week - never forgetting the people.

Find it here.

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This felt like an important message. Not only those affected by disasters and crises not be influenced but they should not be manipulated and 'used'.

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Time to go back to basics In this fast moving world of artificial intelligence, livestreaming of incidents and uncertainty, we can spend too much time focusing on these more recent challenges to managing issues and incident…

After watching some truly poor responses to emerging issues and crises I decided to write this blog.

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Something that has been on my mind this week

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