September is PRSA's ethics month and the Las Vegas Valley Chapter is hosting a breakfast with three panelists to discuss ethical issues in the media and public relations industries.

From the Wal Mart scandal (where a young PR professional working for an agency under contract to Wal Mart posed as journalist to gain entry into a union organizing meeting) to the Wall Street Journal's firing of an intern (who made up people and quotes in a story that went to press), there's plenty to talk about.

Panelists:

• Former NPR Ombudsman Alicia Shepard, guest professor this fall at UNLV’s Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies
• Charles Zobell, managing editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and a leader of the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
• Emmanuel Tchividjian, ethics officer of Ruder Finn (National PRSA approved speaker)

Continental breakfast buffet.  Check-in is from 7:30 - 8:00 a.m.  Program is from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Costs:

PRSA/SPJ members at $25 and non-members at $28 (by September 17)
PRSA/SPJ members at $30 and non-members at $35 (after deadline/at the door)