COMM-3059Professional Practice
In this course you will build a solid understanding of the lines between the law and organizational, professional, and personal ethics. You will also be introduced to a decision-making framework to uphold and promote high standards of integrity. This course addresses developing professional approaches to the workplace that yield efficient use of time and resources, functional working groups, and successful navigation of challenging situations; cross-departmental collaboration; becoming a communications leader; mentorship and life-long learning. Topics include laws specifically pertaining to organizational communications; the "lawyers vs. communicators" balance; creating an internal risk-identification network; organizational crisis readiness; personal morals, ethics and the law: the communicator's role and responsibilities.
Textbooks and Booklists
Students enrolling in Part-Time and Online Education courses may be required to purchase textbooks and materials at participating Campus Store locations or online at bookstore.rrc.ca. Student booklists will be available approximately 3 weeks prior to scheduled course start dates. Please ensure materials are purchased in advance, to be available for the start date.
Note: Courses requiring a textbook will show "TR" in the Delivery field.
This course is presently not being offered by this program. Please check back later.
