Identifying and avoiding performative activism in PR. In an age where taking no stance is a stance in and of itself, how can companies show that they’re worth our time and money without alienating publics? Short answer: they can’t. An organisation can post a black tile on Instagram, but that has no meaning if employees

Way back in April when public displays of NHS appreciation were in their prime, 20-year-old NHS student nurse Lara Harper, found herself at the forefront of PR disaster by taking to Twitter to publicly ‘cancel’ fashion retailers Oh Polly. Things went wrong when the brand ran an exclusive competition to celebrate NHS staff working on