Chapter 17: Crisis Management – Flashcards
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2015 crises
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- VW emissions scandal - Paris Attacks - Refugee crisis - Brazil's economic, drought, and governmental crises - Social Media and general candidates - Takata air bag recalls
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2014 crises
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- Parliament Hill Shooter - Rob Ford - Jian Ghomeshi - Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women - Moncton RCMP Attack - Tim's Takeover?
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Top 2014 Global Crisis Events
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- Ebola - ISIS - Ukraine - Malaysia Airlines 370 - Ferguson Missouri - Oil Collapse - Boko Haram
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Canadian Crisis Events of 2013
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- Rob Ford - Lac Megantic Train Derailment (47 deaths -- $50 million in insurance claims) - Alberta Floods (4 deaths -- 1.7 billion damages) - Cronut burgers (200+ ill) - Blackberry - Senate Spending Scandal - Rehtaeh Parsons Suicide
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What's the difference?
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- Issue - Risk - Crisis
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Decision Matrix
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see drawing
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Organizational Crisis Truths
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- It's not a matter of if but when - Most organizations aren't prepared - Crisis response time has been reduced to minutes (thanks to SM) Goal is to get back on the horse
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Mass Shooting in Denver
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- At a movie theatre - Warner Bros cancelled all of its advertising for the opening weekend, valued at 3-5 million - Quick crisis management drew positive reviews
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Lance Armstrong
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- Years of lying, decided to tell the truth, life of lies
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Crisis pervades society
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Insurance companies such as AIG and Chubb now offer crisis management insurance to pay for corporations turning to crisis management agencies for help in defending damaged brands from such issues as good contaminations, environmental disasters, executive scandals, government bailouts PR has benefited because of all of these crises
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Crisis
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Unplanned visibility, can strike anyone at any time
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Examples of crises
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- Government - Business - Education (Duke University = lacrosse players) - Health care sector - Religion (priest scandals) - Charitable institutions - Journalism (plagiarism scandals) - Public Relations Industry
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SIRMC Process: Issues Management
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- Issue Identification - Assess Likelihood of IRC - Evaluate the Impact - Prioritize - Assign Responsibility/Ownership - Plan for/Implement Corrective Action - Continually monitor - Report
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Are you having a crisis?
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- Catastrophes - Environmental - Class Action Lawsuits - Consumerism Actions - Defects and Recalls - Discrimination - Labour Disputes - Hostile Takeovers - Whistle blowing - White-collar crime
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Issues Management
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- Increasingly important for PR practitioners - Must constantly be aware of primary issues that impact the organizations - Term coins in 1976 by Howard Chase
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How does Howard Chase define issues management?
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Issues management is the capacity to understand, mobilize, coordinate and direct all strategic and policy planning functions, and all public affairs/public relations skills, toward achievement of one objective: meaningful participation in creation of public policy that affects personal and institutional destiny
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Issues management encompasses what following elements?
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1) Anticipate emerging issues - Is all about pre crisis planning 2) Identify issues selectively - select 5-10 issues to deal with before 3) Deal with opportunities and vulnerabilities 4) Plan from the outside in - External environment dictates the selection of priority issues 5) Bottom-line orientation - Purpose = defend organization in light of external factors + enhance firm's business by seizing imminent opportunities
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Risk Management
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Outgrowth of issues management Began as process of taking scientific data related to health and environmental hazards and presenting them to a lay audience in a manger that is both understandable and meaningful Perception is reality Showing how behaviour changes when a person processes messages during high-stress situations
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What is the message-mapping process developed by risk communicators?
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1) Identify stakeholders 2) Determine specific concerns for each stakeholder group 3) Analyze specific concerns to fit underlying general concerns 4) Conduct structure brainstorming with input from message-mapping teams 5) Assemble supporting facts and proof for each key message 6) Ask outside experts to systematically test messages 7) Plan delivery of resulting messages and supporting materials
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Message maps adhere to what standard requirements?
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- Three key messages - Three supporting facts for each key message - Seven to 12 words per message
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Harvard Business Review's definition of a crisis
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A crisis is a situation that has reached a critical phase for which dramatic and extraordinary intervention is necessary to avoid or repair major damage
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7 warning signs that appear during a crisis that the company must recognize
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1. Surprise -- usually unexpected 2. Insufficient information -- difficult to get a grip on everything that is happening 3. Escalating events -- unfolding too quickly making it more difficult for organizations to respond in an orderly manner 4. Loss of control -- too many things happening at the same time 5. Increased outside scrutiny 6. Siege Mentality -- feels surrounded "no comment" 7. Panic
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What is a corporate problem?
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More short-term issues that affects one element or department of the organization and can be limited Crisis: longer-term issue that impacts the entire organization, affects many parts of that organization, and runs the risk of damaging the organization's reputation
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What are the fife planning issues paramount for planning in a crisis?
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1. For each potentially impacted audience, define the risk 2. For each risk defined, describe the actions that mitigate the risk 3. Identify the cause of the risk 4. Demonstrate responsible management action -- most essential in the planning phase = fixing the problem (take proper action) 5. Create a consistent message -- be honest, never cover up a lie
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Goals of crisis management
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1) Terminate the crisis quickly 2) Limit the damage 3) Restore credibility
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What is the most critical element in crisis?
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Handling the media They become "feeding frenzy"
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What are some of the battlefield rules to engage with the media?
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1. Set up media headquarters -- prevent the media from penetrating the company when it is most vulnerable 2. Establish media rules - which parts of operation are off limits, who isn't available 3. Don't speculate (suicidal) 4. Feed the beast -- keep media occupied with new information that advances the story 5. Speed triumphs -- delete what is being wrongly reported
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What are the 10 general principles that are said to the media while in crisis?
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1. Speak first and often 2. Don't speculate 3. Go off the record at your own peril 4. Stay with the facts 5. Be open and concerned, not defensive 6. Make your point and repeat it 7. Don't wage way with the media; when you do, you lose 8. Establish yourself as the most authoritative source 9. Stay calm and be truthful and cooperative 10. Never lie
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Credo Quia Impossible
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I believe it because it is impossible
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Identifying, Prioritizing and Responding
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- Risk Description - Root causes - Description of existing controls - Adequacy of existing controls - Assessment of risk - Responsible Party - Risk response and actions - Monitoring
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Decide on appropriate action for crisis
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Tolerate - Acceptable risk for appetite Transfer - Outsource to more capable people Terminate - Too risky, get out of activity Treat - Create controls and activities to improve likelihood and impact
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The path to preparedness
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1. Implement issues anticipation/management system (good use of SM) 2. Develop and fine-tune a crisis mindset 3. Institute an organization-wide crisis management/business continuity approach 4. Promote and develop crisis leaders 5. Strengthen relationships with key stakeholders 6. Ready your communications team (traditional and SM) 7. Learn form mistakes (yours and others)
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Social Media Crisis Management
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- People believe that social media set the tone for most crisis today -- not true - Traditional media still dictates the vast majority of crises
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What is a dark website?
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- Social media strategy becoming more popular for corporations - Pre-developed site that doesn't become "live" until crisis strikes - Equipped with documents perceived to be necessary in a crisis - Point: serve as source of information for the outside world, so that the organization become to go-to contact for explanations and updates about the crisis
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What is the most respected skill in the PR practice?
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Crisis management
