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The Pulse Business: New Research Suggests Rising PR Ethics Problems with "Organizational Gaslighting"

  • A public relations scan shows rising unethical 'organizational gaslighting' in agency-client relationships, affecting the truthfulness of information given to media and the public.
  • PR leaders report increased pressure from clients to manipulate facts and shift blame, violating global PR ethics codes.
  • More than half of PR leaders observed a rise in gaslighting behaviors over the past year, with seventy-five percent believing their team members face gaslighting from clients.
  • Gaslighting is a serious ethics problem within the PR industry, not merely a buzzword.
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The Pulse Business: New Research Suggests Rising PR Ethics Problems with "Organizational Gaslighting"

Pressure to sacrifice honesty for power stokes disinformation

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PR Newswire broke the news in United States on Monday, July 21, 2025.
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