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Reputation News
Mediagate, scams, ethics- New India intolerant of corruption
December 2, 2010 | 
Author The Mediagate as its being called in India, the tapes, has brought out a serious deficit in ethics in the country.
On the one side you have a corporate lobbyist Niira Radia dictating what is to be conveyed to politicians as the government was being formed to journalists via phone conversations; and on the other hand serious journalists blurring ethical lines and milking corporate sources by playing along, seeming to be a go-between the politicians and the money bags.
The questions that come up here… Read the rest of this entry »
Indian Media Transgress Journalistic Bounds
The credibility of Indian media is at an all time low with the recently released audio tapes involving a major corporate house lobbyist Niira Radia and reputed journalists Barkha Dutt and Vir Sanghvi. This episode shows how corruption in the Indian media undermines democracy.
Barkha Dutt is heard saying, “So now what, what should I tell them. Tell me what should I tell them?” and on the other tape Vir Sanghvi, the columnist asks, “What kind of story you want?”
Terms like ‘unethical” and “biased journalism” will be understatements Read the rest of this entry »
Hell breaks loose for Gordon Ramsay
The Hell’s Kitchen star, Gordon Ramsay well known for his vitriolic tongue and rants is back in the news – he fired his CEO, Chris Hutcheson, who is also his father-in-law and then has went on to fire more from his family from the business. Then there is the suicide of a former contestant on the American version of Ramsay’s hit TV show, Kitchen Nightmares. Read the rest of this entry »
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Christine O Donnel’s election fiasco and the republican party reputation
The republican party will be playing with a bad card in the Democrat stronghold of Delaware in November by choosing Christine O Donnel as the Republican contender. Not many have heard about her except for her odd opinions and unconventional outbursts on abstinence from pre-marital sex and for her support for the widely debunked gay conversion therapy.
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Look unto Krystal Ball to manage a Social Media reputation crisis
It’s official! Social media is hogging all of the limelight and should you land in a crisis you’ll have a tough time finding your way out. Thwarting online reputation crisis on social networks is not the easy job you think it is, and very few people know the right way to deal with a mess.
Flixster CEO, Vanessa Hudgens and lessons in Reputation Mangement
Shameless self-promotion is a dangerous thing and can end up biting you back one day! Flixster CEO Joe Greenstein’s realizing this by now…
TechCrunch has come out with a screenshot of Greenstein’s review with five stars for his own application on iTunes and that’s not all! Greenstein has gone on to wax lyrical about his love for 22-year-old Vanessa Hudgens’s music and trashed his competitors through reviews.
The thirty something Greenstein gave both Movie Night Out and Showtimes a measly one star each on his iTunes review along with the following comments…
“It tries to do too much and fails,” he said of Movie Night Out. And Showtimes “does not include a full list of movies – just the current ones.”
In reputation management terms not a wise thing to do, even if you have community of people in your social networking-movie review site who may enjoy your smart-alecky ways. And to gush about a twenty something …err… just plain weird!
Certainly a lesson for all the young guns of the social networking site-millionaire club and a couple of points to remember…
- Do not trash your competition on a public forum- It’s just plain uncool not to mention unethical.
- Be brief, pithy even, about your love for popular stars on online platforms; such phases can bring out unnecessary insights into your life.
- Rating your own application high on other sites – that’s really low for a CEO.
The response Joe Greenstein made to TechCrunch surely reveals a far more interesting person than what comes out with this incident. Well clearly an example for all CEOs in online behaviour.
Reputation management cant be kids’ play for Mattel
Mattel, the world’s largest toy company in terms of revenue has voluntarily recalled about 10 million toys of their Fisher Price products including toy cars, baby play areas with inflatable balls and tricycles because these posed risks of injury to children. Some of the popular Sesame street characters tainted with lead have also been recalled.
In addition to the shameful recall of the toys, the company also was forced to recall over a million of several types of high chairs because of reports of injuries. The din around Mattel Inc.’s voluntary recall of as many as four product lines might offer an excellent buying opportunity for others, according to financial experts. The estimated costs of up to US$4-million for the recall has brought down the company’s third quarter earnings per share.
However this recall is different from the earlier recalls in 2007 that was attributed to lead paint and magnet, which attracted unwanted attention from all quarters. The fact that the present recall is due to the design flaws, makes Mattel in a comparatively safer wicket as these can be fixed easily. The fact that the 2010 holiday season looks promising for all major toy manufacturers and retailers including Wal-Mart, Target and Toys R Us, would offer reasons to cheer for Mattel which has a substantial market share at these major retailers than in other retail channels.
Though Kitty Pilarz, Senior Director of Product Safety at Fisher-Price was quick to come up with an explanation on the company’s approach to product testing apart from responding to consumer feedback to save the company reputation , the fact remains that the reputation of Mattel , which was synonymous with kids products has taken a severe beating because of the recall incidents.
Tommy & Gail Sheridan Begin Perjury Trial
Wouldn’t it be great if the judge were to commence proceedings with “You’re under my perjurisdiction now, Tommy”? Ok, so it’s unlikely to have happened, but Tommy Sheridan is in for his toughest test yet as he’s hauled back in to court… for lying in court.
He’s clearly not the first person to have faced a bit of bad press, and he’ll certainly not be the last, but in 2006 when Mr Sheridan was reported in the News of the World to be having extramarital flings – he decided that the best way of handling the situation was to cause a big scene and take the media giants to court. Of course, whether he did or didn’t lie is now down to a jury to decide over the next 10 weeks the case is expected to last.
In his defamation case in 2006, Tommy Sheridan won £200,000 in damages after claiming that The News of the World had fabricated stories that detailed an alleged visit to a swingers club in Manchester and engaged in extramarital affairs with two women. Other accusations levied against the former MSP included excessive alcohol and substance abuse; both claims denied on the basis he was a “teetotaller”. In a case he decided to represent himself (after sacking his legal team in June of that year), the jury returned a majority vote of 7-4 in Sheridan’s favour. It didn’t take long for News International (the other side of Sheridan vs.) to launch an appeal on claims that false testimonies had been given and the sheer volume of witnesses attesting to Sheridan’s admission of guilt.
The whole saga has been going on for four years now, and Sheridan has been making no effort to shy away from the limelight and has declared his innocence in interviews, taken on his own radio talk show and even made an appearance in Celebrity Big Brother. The latter of which was because apparently he “needed the money”. Yeah those lawyers don’t tend to pay for themselves, Tommy! But to be honest, most of this could have been avoided.
When you fall victim to negative press – whether it’s deserved or not – there are ways to go about handling the situation. And whether you’re guilty or not, drawing attention to negative press is not the way to go about it. Your reputation is always going to have aspersions cast against it when accusations are made, whether they’re false or not. There will always be doubt thereafter, irrespective of an innocent or guilty verdict. Tommy and wife Gail could have managed their reputation a lot better by keeping press interest to a minimum. Newspaper stories go away if left alone, and there are ways of dealing with stories online via online reputation management, but at this stage it’s a little late for Mr & Mrs Sheridan.
Facebook: Employer spies are watching you!
Here they are finally out in the open – an actual company that spies on your online activity in social networks for employers. No more the stuff of urban legends – this is the real deal. Meet the Big Brother Screening Your Social Media For Employers – SCI Corp. They crawl the social networks and take screen shots of your shenanigans for recruiters and employers!!! Can Online Reputation Management be any more relevant?
According to Santa Barbara-based Social Intelligence Corp., companies look mainly for objectionable behavior and they do report the good stuff as well. CEO Max Drucker explains…
“I personally think we’re moving away from the one-page résumé, I think we’re moving toward where your online history is your résumé.”
If online history is like a résumé this is also a chance for some great PR, so if you shied away from posting videos, photos and links to your accolades on Facebook you may have lost a few good jobs by now. So by no means abstain from social media because networking is the way to be in the Online world even though big brother could be watching you.
As online reputation managers we are a step ahead of this situation; we monitor, defend and make sure your laurels are visible to whoever that’s watching. Celebrities are often caught with foot-in-the-mouth disease on Twitter, but then, they have an army to protect their interests and to turn anything into good publicity.
Moreover, people tend to have different faces in different social networks, it is totally up to the views of those looking as to how each lapse in judgement is viewed. The other worry is if each screen shot will be analysed in context to the nature of the network involved. What and how you portray yourself on Twitter and Facebook are totally different, but will it be judged so?
However, proof of lapse-in-judgment is finally all about perception. And perception is what we, at Reputation Management For.com, can help change or enhance.
So, what’s the one thing that can help you smoothly sail through social network screening by employers? To that we’d say – “Common sense!”
Obama’s d(H)ate with Outsourcing and his Dipping Popularity
President Obama took to the stumps this week stepping up his campaign against outsourcing. The President on Friday emphasized his administration will offer tax benefits only to firms that create jobs in the country. It’s time for a bit of honesty, since the beginning of his presidential term, Obama’s personal popularity has surpassed that of his policies, which was obviously on shaky ground. Throughout history, American Presidents have been elected mostly upon popularity, not because of leadership skills.
He seemed to be flat-tempered, candid and intense. He came across as thoughtful and open to debate. People who weren’t crazy about his policies normally liked and respected the man. Yet his rhetoric remained unclear. There was speculation over his personality proving more popular than his policies.
President Obama’s reputation seems to be taking a dip after his much criticised health care plan and now follows the outsourcing. As said above, will his policy bring down this popularity if only he and his bunch of Economist knew where they are heading to? Economics is quite simple; do not spend more than what you earn. It’s about turning wealth from raw materials and every country in the world does this to run their economy. Some countries did that with IT and some with their manufacturing ability.
Barack Obama has to clear his stand since it all sounds staunch protectionist rhetoric. Just how practical it is since the Americans have lost every single manufacturing work to the Chinese and now that has happened they want to pin-down the outsourcing services also.
The President needs to realize that current economic system is blown up, the whole currency (USD) thing is just about matter of days taking into account that money moves around in cyberspace. So things have changed and it will be stupid to even think that US Dollar is the final thing that would buy you a pizza no matter where ever you are in the world.
Obama need not sound like a sarcastic professor but be honest and come up with careful measures how he plans to bring the economy back to track. Talking of the inevitable the President sounds duplicitous and polished and appeared rushed and extreme. The President has to inject this faith in his citizens before they start thinking that the US had its good times over and done with.