As part of the release of Professional Standards Advisory PS-17: Ethical Use of Interns, PRSA chair and CEO Rosanna Fiske, APR, was interviewed by PRWeek in a Feb. 10, 2011, article regarding revisions to PRSA's Code of Ethics concerning the ethical use of interns. In the article, Fiske said that the use of unpaid interns in the public relations industry "does not provide the right advantage to the industry. The more unpaid interns we have the less value that is being given to PR."
Read the full article here.
Related:
- Commentary: Paid or Unpaid, Time to Evaluate PR's Use of Interns (PRSAY Blog)
- PRSA Newsroom: PRSA Advises on Ethical Business Practices for Employment of Public Relations Interns
- Slideshare: PRSA Professional Standards Advisory PS-17: Ethical Use of Interns (Executive Summary)