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Select a recent case of how one organization communicated with the public about an important issue and respond to the following:

Using the Ray Rice incident, Explain if the communication from the NFL and Baltimore Ravens was or was not handled in an ethical manner in 300 words. Why or why not?

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This solution of 722 words explores the ethical communication from organizations to the the public and the stakeholders using the case study of the Ray Rice incident. References used are included.

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Ethical Communication from Organizations to the Public and Stakeholders

Using the Ray Rice incident, Explain if the communication from the NFL and Baltimore Ravens was or was not handled in an ethical manner in 300 words. Why or why not?

First of all, let's look at the title of this assignment and examine: What would the Ethical Communication from the NFL and Baltimore Ravens to the public be... Or How about communication from them to the Stakeholders? Does either the National Football League or the Baltimore Ravens owe the public - or stakeholders an apology or anything else? Even if so, why?

See links to various news reports below. According to SportsEthicist.com, "Rice, a running back with the Baltimore Ravens, received a two game suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy. He allegedly hit his fiancée (now wife) in an Atlantic City hotel in February. The incident was caught on video ... He avoided trial by entering an intervention program... Since the league announced its suspension...there has been near unanimity in opinion that the suspension was too light and that it sends the wrong kind of message..."

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