Auteur: Barry Spector

Dick Martin writes about public relations, marketing, and ethics. He has authored four books for the American Management Association and articles for such publications as the Harvard Business Review, Chief Executive, and the Journal of Business Strategy. Capping a 33-year career with AT&T, from 1997 to 2003, he was Chairman of the AT&T Foundation and executive vice president responsible for the company »s public relations, employee communications and brand management worldwide. The Holmes Report called his first book, Tough Calls, one of the 5 best PR books published in the first decade of the 21st century and « by far the best book about the realities of working in corporate communications for a large American corporation. » He is a frequent speaker to business groups and has conducted ethics workshops for the Institute of Public Relations, the Arthur Page Society, Rutgers University, and other organizations. Most recently, he co-authored Public Relations Ethics: How To Practice PR Without Losing Your Soul, with Donald K. Wright, chair of the public relations department of Boston University »s College of Communications. Martin is a Trustee of the Museum of Public Relations and on the Board of Advisors of Corporate Communications International at Baruch University. He was one of the first recipients of the Arthur W. Page Center »s Award for Integrity in Public Communication.