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Jonathan & Erik Bernstein

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When Meals Turn Sour: A Crisis Management Case Study

A Crisis Management Case Study: When Meals Go Bad USDA and meat industry ignoring massive…

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Crisis Management Case Study: Boy Scout’s Sexual Abuse

How will the organization handle the revelation of Scout-on-Scout abuse records? The Boy Scouts of…

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Crisis Management Mistake: Pearl Izumi’s Advertising Blunder

Crisis Management Mistake: Pearl Izumi’s Misguided Advertising THINK before you communicate! [Editor’s note: Thank you…

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Businesses Inviting Crises By Not Using Social Media for Crisis Management

Over 50% of respondents in a recent poll still not using social media for management…

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The Role of Social Media Customer Service in Crisis Management

Good customer service can prevent an incredible number of crises Having trouble getting some much-needed…

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Dr. Phil Needs Prescription for Social Media Crisis Management

Deleting posts once they’ve grabbed the public’s attention is a cardinal sin of modern crisis…

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Crisis Management Enhancing Consumer Safety

U.S. CPSC putting social media and e-comms to work to better protect the public Just…

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No Respite for Deen’s Reputation after Racism Case Dismissed

Innocent on a technicality, but the court of public opinion has already judged Deen guilty…

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Arrogance and Crisis Management Don’t Mix

Apple is in trouble as it faces court cases and political scrutiny without a cushion…

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Accidental Copyright Infringements: Easy and Expensive

Take steps to avoid this preventable crisis The focus on content creation as the new,…

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Learning from Qantas’ Social Media Crisis Management Mistake

Ignoring the 24/7 nature of social media is asking for trouble Neglecting the fact that…

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McDonald’s Callous Crisis Management Mistake

Pointing out how poorly you pay your own employees is a crisis management faux pas…

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Jailed Texas Teen, a Social Media Crisis Management Lesson

The wrong words online can come back to haunt you The case of Justin Carter,…

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Crisis Management 101 for XBox One

How Microsoft handled heavy backlash over XBox One announcement When Microsoft announced that its upcoming…

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Goodwill Exposed Paying Sweatshop Wages to Disabled

The Paying of Sweatshop Wages to Disabled by Goodwill Crisis management is required after the…

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A Case Study of Paula Deen’s Personal Reputation Crisis

No amount of crisis management will prevent the Food Network from giving Deen the boot…

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