A study of seven selected chemical engineering facilities' crisis public relations plans

<p>The purpose of this thesis was to obtain what techniques are being used in the Philadelphia, PA area to handle crises in chemical engineering facilities. Related literature was reviewed to determine how others in the crisis public relations industry handle crisis.</p> <p>The public relations contacts at 17 chemical engineering facilities were contacted to participate in the researcher's study, with seven completed responses. The seven participants completed questionnaires about the current public relations practices being used at their facilities. The information that they provided was useful in establishing commonalities among the different facilities.</p> <p>This study will provide both public relations professionals and professionals in the chemical engineering field insight into the current practices being used to handle crises in the Philadelphia, PA area.</p> <p>With the findings from the study performed, professionals in public relations and chemical engineering can improve upon the current crisis public relations practices. Twenty-eight percent of the organizations studied had a crisis public relations plan in place, 58% did not and 14% did not know.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in Public Relations

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Public Relations & Advertising

Year dc:date.available

2005

Author dc:creator

• O'Neill, Heather D.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bagin, Don

• Chemical plants--Risk assessment--Pennsylvania; Public relations--Pennsylvania
• Public Relations and Advertising

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/1059

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-2059