Commitment to truth, honesty will help Detroit move past mayoral scandal
Thursday, March 27th, 2008As Ethics Officer for the Detroit Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA),
I urge all “Greater-Detroiters” to continue to work hard to help make our region the best it can be.
Kym Worthy, Wayne County Prosecutor focused simply on “the truth” in her indictment presentation of Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick and his former Chief of Staff Beatty. She charged them both of lying under oath or perjury, and conspiracy, obstruction of justice and misconduct in office.
Our PRSA Code of Ethics states six values that its members are to adhere to: advocacy, expertise, independence, loyalty, fairness and, honest and the highest standards of accuracy and truth in advancing the interest of those we represent and in communicating with the public.
As residents and professionals, we need to serve the truth that our great city and region will survive this negative cloud and will continue making progress toward major improvement. This is but a moment in our history and will pass. Let’s all band together to serve our great community and make our society better. And let’s do so in all honesty and truthfulness.