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How should an organization respond along the reactive-proactive continuum after receiving bad press? Can you give an example from your own experience?

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Almost 200 words show how to respond with the reactive-proactive continuum to bad press.

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Bad press reports can be extremely detrimental to a business's reputation in the market. In order to make amends for any bad report in the press, the business should use the press again to make amends, like publishing a corrigendum, an apology, or simply an explanatory note explaining its ...

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