chartered institute public relations professional body united_kingdom public relations practitioners originally founded awarded chartered status added chartered late members association provides training education publishes code conduct hosts awards events governed executive board president elected year history discussions public relations officers conference november led foundation february established committee incorporated discussed attaining chartered status professional recognition united_kingdom said order awarded chartered status organisation adopt publish professional ethical standards relevant practice public relations maintain procedures regulation members professional conduct discipline institute code conduct published seven years later members expelled code support bid chartered status created joint report based survey professionals following year told needed public good professional development qualify council decided members act way contributes public good granted chartered status added chartered analysis said chartered status needed time public trust businesses institutions governments decreasing noted limited power enforce ethics members provided official response report suggested creation new government entity oversee regulate report suggested creation requirement register record activities position regulation complement code ethics important regulate members house_of_lords lobbied said lobbying regulation focus regulating individuals instead companies changed membership structure affiliate level removed requirement years experience attain membership status reduced year responded report felt copyright policy decisions commercial interests public good expressed concern popular provider newspaper public relations professionals organization intellectual property rights newspapers december shot covert video interview executives executives referred dark arts manipulating entries clients following month announced work community create guidance public relations professionals participate guidance available editing community published june according important aspect guidance professionals directly edit articles clients employers instead recommends offer content suggestions community july joined criticizing government definition director policy said definition lobbying narrow self defeating defined public relations trade associations support government estimates cost pounds year year organization governed member council meets times year meets weeks president elected year usually supported predecessor membership grades regional groups approximately members end members prior applications membership processed weeks ratified immediate acceptance system member founding member membership bestowed categories associate member new field membership years experience dedicated services started hosting training certification programmes awarded certificates publishes code conduct encourages members deal honestly fairly clients employers business partners public code sets standards personal conduct integrity violations code reported pass cases sanctions institute hosts pride awards bestowed categories based scoring campaign categories planning creativity measurement evaluation maintains public database members information legislation affecting public relations case studies career guide organization hosts networking award educational events professionals don member attend events training non members attended organization training non members attended events published intermittently publications publishes series books case studies tips award winners called practice series
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