Editorial Record: Submitted May 23, 2024. Accepted July 26, 2024.

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ABSTRACT

Generative artificial intelligence tools have alarmed many in higher education given their potential threat to academic honesty. For public relations educators, for whom ethics education is an important consideration, the implications of these tools warrant close consideration. Using a cross-sectional, mixed-methods survey of students in a U.S. collegiate journalism and public relations department (N = 256), this study determined that while ethical issues need to be addressed, students seek to use the tools in a manner consistent with professional guidelines.