PR Ethics Icon Discusses High-Octane Ethical Challenges 

“Why did the FBI arrest your client, the CEO of a British company, whose stocks are listed on the London Stock Exchange?”

“What happens when one of your clients dies of an overdose of a drug you represent?”

“What do you do when one of your employees settles with the SEC for insider’s trading?”

“Is it sun and sandy beach, or military repression?”

On Nov. 30, Ruder Finn’s Emmanuel Tchividjian willspeak with thePRSA Rochester chapter about real-life case studies of ethical public relations dilemmas and their resolutions. Tchividjian is senior vice president and the chief ethics officer at Ruder Finn. He is also the executive director of the company’s Ethics Consulting practice.

Tchividjian joined Ruder Finn in 1997 and worked on the Government of Switzerland’s account on issues relating to WWII and the Holocaust.He speaks regularly about ethics, public relations and crisis communication.

Tchividjianhas been a guest on CNN/FN, NY1, WGBH, and New England Cable News. He is a frequent guest speaker at major universities such as Columbia University, NYU, City College, Hofstra University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Penn State. He is also a frequent presenter and panelist at the PRSA International Conference.

Mr. Tchividjian writes a weekly blog on ethics. www.ruderfinn.com/ethics-blog.