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A 4 page review of a fictional case study involving a public relations specialist and a small arms industry association that wishes to fund a special interest group to lobby for protection of Americans right to bear arms. The author examines the ethics of such an arrangement and answers the question of whether she would be willing to take the job. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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a strict code of ethics. These codes, however are not always as distinct as the difference between black and white. Sometimes our professional responsibilities put us more into
the gray areas of ethical conduct. When considering the ethics of a case where a public relations professional has been approached by a small arms industry association to organize
and serve as executive director for a new group to promote the "constitutional right to bear arms" as well as to counter the growing threat of "gun control legislation", the
first inclination might be to say that taking the job would not violate any ethical codes. When the details of the arrangement are considered, however, there could quite feasibly
be at least a hint of unsound ethics. This is a gray area of ethics, however, and one that requires considerably examination prior to labeling such an arrangement unethical.
When considering such a case in more detail, the fact that such a special interest group would not only be willing to fund
such an organization but also pay the salary of its executive director until the point where dues collected from the organizations members were sufficient to do so is not surprising
nor it is unethical. Special interest groups fund organizations that promote their goals on a regular basis. Even the proposed funding of $100,000, funding that is intended to
cover operational expenses as well as the executive directors salary, is not that out of line. Organizational funding typically varies in accordance with the funding entitys financial abilities and
the fact that the small arms industry association is affluent and is willing to direct some of that affluence towards the formation of a special interest lobby is really a
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