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Basic reputation hygiene nose-dives at United Airlines
Wayne BurnsWhile the fall out continues from the online viral cyclone sparked by Dr David Dao being ‘voluntarily deplaned’ from a United Airlines flight in Chicago last week, a few observations are worth making about big corporations and their preparedness to weather reputation crises.
1. Never underestimate...
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The Centre’s Top Five predictions for corporate public affairs in 2017
Wayne BurnsAs we have done in previous years (it’s déjà vu all over again), we have collated our Top Five predictions for corporate public affairs for the coming 12 months.
For 2016 (see list at the end of this message), our predictions for the practice of corporate public affairs in large organisations included...
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2016 Corporate Public Affairs Oration
2016 Annual Corporate Public Affairs Oration delivered by Diane Smith-Gander, Chairman of Broadspectrum, non-executive director of Wesfarmers and Chair of Safe Work Australia
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Effectively managing up
Daniel Arias The Centre recently hosted a professional development webinar on good practices in managing up. The webinar was hosted by Centre Director Wayne Burns and Robert Hadler, former General Manager of Corporate Affairs at Coles Limited and NAB. The speakers accentuated the importance of maintaining amiable...
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2015 Corporate Public Affairs Oration
2015 Annual Corporate Public Affairs Oration delivered by Mark Scott, Managing Director, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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2014 Corporate Public Affairs Oration
Delivered by John Mahon, John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy and Professor of Management at the Maine Business School, University of Maine
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2012 Corporate Public Affairs Oration
Delivered by George Megalogenis, leading journalist, policital commentator and author.
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Are you structurally unsound?
Wayne Burns, 18 November 2014Article explores the structure of corporate public affairs within an organiation and the question of whether there is a right or wrong structure
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10 Worst Things to Do in Corporate Public Affairs
Wayne BurnsWe often read lists (they most often come in fours, sevens and tens) of action we must take or things we must do to strengthen management...
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