Professional Standards

Professional Lobbying Register

Upholding professional standards and ethics

Maintaining the highest ethical standards is the cornerstone of our profession. Our Code of Conduct and Code for Professional Lobbying provide clear guidelines to ensure accountability, transparency, and integrity across all areas of public relations and communications. Through our robust complaints process, we uphold these standards and address any breaches promptly.

Additionally, our Professional Lobbying Register promotes openness and accountability in lobbying activities, reinforcing trust within the industry and with the public. These frameworks collectively support a professional and principled approach, ensuring that our members and the broader industry operate with excellence and responsibility.

PRCA is proud of its members' strong commitment to the highest levels of professionalism, integrity, and accountability. All members sign up to the PRCA Code of Conduct. Members who undertake professional lobbying are also subject to the Code for Professional Lobbying and relevant information must be declared for publication in the Professional Lobbying Register. You can consult all these documents here.

If you believe that a PRCA members is in breach of the Codes, and wish to raise a complaint, please follow the guidance in the Complaints Procedure.

Code of Conduct

All PRCA members must comply with this professional code

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Code for Professional Lobbying

PRCA members who undertake professional lobbying agree to abide by this code

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Complaints Procedure

This sets out how complaints against all PRCA members are made, managed, and considered

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Guidance on the Code

Guidance to help members understand the issues that underpin the standards set out in Codes for Professional Lobbying.

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PRCA Professional Lobbying Register

All PRCA members who conduct Professional Lobbying must be listed in the register, which is published to provide complete transparency.

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PRCA Standards Committee

The purpose of the PRCA Standards Committee is to:

  • Determine the Codes of Conduct
  • Determine the procedure, whereby any complaints under the Codes of Conduct are to be investigated
  • Decide upon any such complaints and impose, where appropriate, any sanction

A majority of members, including the chair, must be from outside the industry.

PRCA Standards Committee members are:

  • Iain Christie - Chair, Independent 
  • Carol Westrop - Independent
  • Paul Thorogood - Independent
  • Jonathan Curtis - Chair, PR and Communications Board
  • Emily Fermor - Chair, Public Affairs Board
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