Lobbying - wikipedia Lobbying This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( August 2017 ) For the South Korean TV series, see Lobbyist ( TV series ). For other uses, see Lobby. Part of a series on State monopoly capitalism Terms Coercive monopoly Corporate personhood Corporate welfare Government - granted monopoly Intellectual property License Limited liability Regulatory capture Regulation Subsidy Tariff Ideas Advocacy group Lobbying Theory Conflict of interest Principal -- agent problem Rent - seeking Issues Agricultural subsidy Military -- industrial complex The New Deal and corporatism Ideologies Protectionism See also Crony capitalism Corporatism State capitalism State monopoly capitalism Gift offered by tobacco industry lobbyists to Dutch politician Kartika Liotard in September 2013 Lobbying, persuasion, or interest representation is the act of attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of officials in their daily life, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Lobbying is done by many types of people, associations and organized groups, including individuals in the private sector, corporations, fellow legislators or government officials, or advocacy groups ( interest groups ). Lobbyists may be among a legislator 's constituencies, meaning a voter or bloc of voters within their electoral district, or not ; they may engage in lobbying as a business, or not. Professional lobbyists are people whose business is trying to influence legislation, regulation, or other government decisions, actions, or policies on behalf of a group or individual who hires them. Individuals and nonprofit organizations can also lobby as an act of volunteering or as a small part of their normal job ( for instance, a CEO meeting with a representative about a project important to their company, or an activist meeting with their legislator in an unpaid capacity ). Governments often define and regulate organized group lobbying that has become influential. The ethics and morality of lobbying are double - edged. Lobbying is often spoken of with contempt, when the implication is that people with inordinate socioeconomic power are corrupting the law ( twisting it away from fairness ) in order to serve their own interests. When people who have a duty to act on behalf of others, such as elected officials with a duty to serve their constituents ' interests or more broadly the public good, can benefit by shaping the law to serve the interests of some private parties, a conflict of interest exists. Many critiques of lobbying point to the potential for conflicts of interest to lead to agent misdirection or the intentional failure of an agent with a duty to serve an employer, client, or constituent to perform those duties. The failure of government officials to serve the public interest as a consequence of lobbying by special interests who provide benefits to the official is an example of agent misdirection. Contents 1 Etymology 2 Overview 3 Lobbying by country 3.1 Australia 3.1. 1 Public lobbyist registers 3.2 European Union 3.2. 1 France 3.2. 2 Italy 3.2. 3 United Kingdom 3.3 United States 3.4 Other countries 4 See also 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External links 7.1 United States 7.2 Europe Etymology In a report carried by the BBC, an OED lexicographer has shown that `` lobbying '' finds its roots in the gathering of Members of Parliament and peers in the hallways ( `` lobbies '' ) of the UK Houses of Parliament before and after parliamentary debates where members of the public can meet their representatives. One story held that the term originated at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, where it was supposedly used by President Ulysses S. Grant to describe the political advocates who frequented the hotel 's lobby to access Grant -- who was often there in the evenings to enjoy a cigar and brandy -- and would then try to buy the president drinks in an attempt to influence his political decisions. Although the term may have gained more widespread currency in Washington, D.C. by virtue of this practice during the Grant Administration, the OED cites numerous documented uses of the word well before Grant 's presidency, including use in Pennsylvania as early as 1808. The term `` lobbying '' also appeared in print as early as 1820 : Other letters from Washington affirm, that members of the Senate, when the compromise question was to be taken in the House, were not only `` lobbying about the Representatives ' Chamber '' but also active in endeavoring to intimidate certain weak representatives by insulting threats to dissolve the Union. -- April 1, 1820 Dictionary definitions : ' Lobbying ' ( also ' lobby ' ) is a form of advocacy with the intention of influencing decisions made by the government by individuals or more usually by lobby groups ; it includes all attempts to influence legislators and officials, whether by other legislators, constituents, or organized groups. A ' lobbyist ' is a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest or a member of a lobby. Overview Governments often define and regulate organized group lobbying as part of laws to prevent political corruption and by establishing transparency about possible influences by public lobby registers. Lobby groups may concentrate their efforts on the legislatures, where laws are created, but may also use the judicial branch to advance their causes. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, for example, filed suits in state and federal courts in the 1950s to challenge segregation laws. Their efforts resulted in the Supreme Court declaring such laws unconstitutional. They may use a legal device known as amicus curiae, literally `` friend of the court, '' briefs to try to influence court cases. Briefs are written documents filed with a court, typically by parties to a lawsuit. Amici curiae briefs are briefs filed by people or groups who are not parties to a suit. These briefs are entered into the court records, and give additional background on the matter being decided upon. Advocacy groups use these briefs both to share their expertise and to promote their positions. The lobbying industry is affected by the revolving door concept, a movement of personnel between roles as legislators and regulators and the industries affected by the legislation and regulation, as the main asset for a lobbyist is contacts with and influence on government officials. This industrial climate is attractive for ex-government officials. It can also mean substantial monetary rewards for the lobbying firms and government projects and contracts in the hundreds of millions for those they represent. Lobbying by country Australia Over the past twenty years lobbying in Australia has grown from a small industry of a few hundred employees to a multibillion - dollar per year industry. Lobbying has become a political fact of life and is now endemic in local, state, and federal government. It is not just the local councillors and state and federal politicians being lobbied. What was once the preserve of big multinational companies and at a more local level, property developers, for example Urban Taskforce Australia, has morphed into an industry that would employ more than 10,000 people and represent every facet of human endeavour. Public lobbyist registers A register of federal lobbyists is kept by the Australian Government and is accessible to the public via its website. Similar registers for State government lobbyists were introduced between 2007 and 2009 around Australia. Since April 2007 in Western Australia, only lobbyists listed on the state 's register are allowed to contact a government representative for the purpose of lobbying. Similar rules have applied in Tasmania since 1 September 2009 and in South Australia and Victoria since 1 December 2009. European Union Wikimania 2009, results of the discussion about possible contents of European lobbying According to Austrian Member of the European Parliament ( `` MEP '' ) Hans - Peter Martin, the value of lobby invitations and offers each individual MEP receives can reach up to € 10,000 per week. In 2003 there were around 15,000 lobbyists ( consultants, lawyers, associations, corporations, NGOs etc. ) in Brussels seeking to influence the EU 's legislation. Some 2,600 special interest groups had a permanent office in Brussels. Their distribution was roughly as follows : European trade federations ( 32 % ), consultants ( 20 % ), companies ( 13 % ), NGOs ( 11 % ), national associations ( 10 % ), regional representations ( 6 % ), international organizations ( 5 % ) and think tanks ( 1 % ), ( Lehmann, 2003, pp iii ). In addition to this, lobby organisations sometimes hire former EU employees ( a phenomenon known as the revolving door ) who possess inside knowledge of the EU institutions and policy process A report by Transparency International EU published in January 2017 analysed the career paths of former EU officials and found that 30 % of Members of the European Parliament who left politics went to work for organisations on the EU lobby register after their mandate and approximately one third of Commissioners serving under Barroso took jobs in the private sector after their mandate, including for Uber, ArcelorMittal, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. These potential conflicts of interest could be avoided if a stronger ethics framework would be established at the EU level, including an independent ethics body and longer cooling - off periods for MEPs. In the wake of the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal in Washington D.C. and the massive impact this had on the lobbying scene in the United States, the rules for lobbying in the EU -- which until now consist of only a non-binding code of conduct - -- may also be tightened. France But there is currently no regulation at all for lobbying activities in France and, as a consequence, this practice suffers from a lack of transparency. There is no regulated access to the French institutions and no register specific to France, but there is one for the European Union where French lobbyists can register themselves. For example, the internal rule of the National Assembly ( art. 23 and 79 ) forbids members of Parliament to be linked with a particular interest. However, MPs do n't have to declare their interest and the list of MPs ' assistants is not public. Also, there is no rule at all for consultation of interest groups by the Parliament and the Government. Nevertheless, a recent parliamentary initiative ( motion for a resolution ) has been launched by several MPs so as to establish a register for representatives of interest groups and lobbyists who intend to lobby the MPs. Italy A 2016 study finds evidence of significant indirect lobbying of Berlusconi through business proxies. The authors document a significant pro-Mediaset ( the mass media company founded and controlled by Berlusconi ) bias in the allocation of advertising spending during Berlusconi 's political tenure, in particular for companies operating in more regulated sectors. United Kingdom Main article : Lobbying in the United Kingdom United States Main article : Lobbying in the United States K Street NW at 19th Street in Washington D.C., part of downtown Washington 's maze of high - powered `` K Street lobbyist '' and law firm office buildings. Lobbying in the United States describes paid activity in which special interests hire professional advocates to argue for specific legislation in decision - making bodies such as the United States Congress. Lobbying in the United States could be seen to originate from Amendment I of the Constitution of the United States which states : Congress shall make no law... abridging the right of the people peaceably... to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Some lobbyists are now using social media to reduce the cost of traditional campaigns, and to more precisely target public officials with political messages. A number of published studies showed lobbying expenditure is correlated with great financial returns. For example, a 2011 study of the 50 firms that spent the most on lobbying relative to their assets compared their financial performance against that of the S&P 500 in the stock market concluded that spending on lobbying was a `` spectacular investment '' yielding `` blistering '' returns comparable to a high - flying hedge fund, even despite the financial downturn of the past few years. A 2011 meta - analysis of previous research findings found a positive correlation between corporate political activity and firm performance. Finally, a 2009 study found that lobbying brought a substantial return on investment, as much as 22,000 % in some cases. Foreign - funded lobbying efforts include those of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, and China lobbies. In 2010 alone, foreign governments spent approximately $460 million on lobbying members of Congress and government officials. Other countries Other countries where lobbying is regulated in parliamentary bills include : Canada : Canada maintains a Registry of Lobbyists. Israel ( 1994 ) India : The term ' lobbying ' in India is misconceptualized and is often perceived as buying policy. Hence, no regulated lobbying exists in India. Walmart lobbying in India during approval of Foreign direct investment ( FDI ) was a big controversy. See also Main article : List of basic public affairs topics Activism Advocacy Advocacy group Advocacy Evaluation Bribery Campaign finance Client politics Fossil fuels lobby European Women 's Lobby Issue versus express advocacy Lobby register Money loop Outline of public affairs Pharmaceutical lobby Think tank References Jump up ^ Arab Lobby in the United States Handbook, 2015 edition, published by the Global Investment Center, USA ( ISBN 1 - 4387 - 0226 - 4 ) Jump up ^ `` BBC Definition of lobbying ''. BBC News. 2008 - 10 - 01. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 20. ^ Jump up to : NPR - A Lobbyist by Any Other Name ? - NPR discussion of Ulysses Grant and origins of the term lobbyist. Jump up ^ Deanna Gelak ( previous president of the American League of Lobbyists ) mentioned this in her book Lobbying and Advocacy : Winning Strategies, Resources, Recommendations, Ethics and Ongoing Compliance for Lobbyists and Washington Advocates, TheCapitol.Net, 2008, LobbyingAndAdvocacy.com Jump up ^ `` lobbying ''. Merriam - Webster Dictionary.Com. Jump up ^ `` lobbying ''. BBC News. London. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2010. Jump up ^ `` lobbyist ''. Random House Unabridged Dictionary. 2006. Jump up ^ Non-Profit Action description of `` Lobbying Versus Advocacy : Legal Definitions '' Archived 2010 - 04 - 02 at the Wayback Machine... Jump up ^ U.S. Senate definition of Lobbying. Jump up ^ Andrew Bounds and Marine Formentinie in Brussels, EU Lobbyists Face Tougher Regulation, Financial Times, August 16, 2007. Jump up ^ A. Paul Pross. `` Lobbying - The Canadian Encyclopedia ''. Encyclopediecanadienne.ca. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 20. Jump up ^ Timothy J. Burger, `` The Lobbying Game : Why the Revolving Door Wo n't Close '' Time ( February 16, 2006 ). Retrieved May 12, 2011 Jump up ^ `` Revolving Door : Methodology '' Archived 2007 - 12 - 25 at the Wayback Machine. Center for Responsive Politics. Retrieved May 12, 2011 Jump up ^ Fitzgerald, Julian ( 2006 ). Lobbying In Australia : You Ca n't Expect Anything to Change If You Do n't Speak Up. Jump up ^ `` Who is on the register ? ''. Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet. Australian Government. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 15. Jump up ^ `` About the Register ''. Public Sector Commission - Register of Lobbyists. Government of Western Australia. 2011 - 07 - 20. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 15. Jump up ^ `` Register of Lobbyists : Register of Lobbyists ''. lobbyists.dpac.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 2015 - 07 - 03. 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Successful representation of interests after the Treaty of Lisbon, 244 pages, ISBN 978 - 3 - 527 - 50597 - 5, Wiley VCH 2011 Geiger, Andreas : EU Lobbying handbook, A guide to modern participation in Brussels, 244 pages, ISBN 3 - 9811316 - 0 - 6, Helios Media GmbH, 2006 GLOSSARY - Alphabetical list of terms associated with the Lobbying industry The Bulletin, 16 March 2006, p. 14, Lobbying Europe : facts and fiction The European Lawyer, December 2005 / January 2006, p. 9, The lobbyists have landed Financial Times, 3 October 2005, p. 8, Brussels braces for a U.S. lobbying invasion Public Affairs News, November 2004, p. 34, Judgement Call The European Lawyer, December 2004 / January 2005, p. 26, Lifting the lid on lobbying Pier Luigi Petrillo, Democracies under Pressures. Lobbies and Parliaments in a comparative public law, Giuffrè 2011 ( www.giuffre.it ) Pietro Semeraro, I delitti di millantato credito e traffico di influenza, ed. Giuffre, Milano, 2000. Pietro Semeraro, Trading in Influence and Lobbying in the Spanish Criminal Code, PDF Wiszowaty, Marcin : Legal Regulation of Lobbying in New Members States of the European Union, Arbeitspapiere und Materialien - Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universitat Bremen, No. 74 : Heiko Pleines ( ed. ) : Participation of Civil Society in New Modes of Governance. The Case of the New Member States. Part 2 : Questions of Accountability. February 2006 ( PDF ) Heiko Kretschmer / Hans - Jörg Schmedes : Enhancing Transparency in EU Lobbying ? How the European Commission 's Lack of Courage and Determination Impedes Substantial Progress, Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft 1 / 2010, S. 112 - 122 `` Lobbying ''. BBC News : Politics. London : BBC. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 2007 - 01 - 30. `` Police loans inquiry is widenened ''. BBC News : Politics. London : BBC. 30 March 2006. Retrieved 2007 - 01 - 30. External links Look up Lobby in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lobbying ( Politics ) at Encyclopædia Britannica United States Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lobbyists. Lobbyists.info - The largest, comprehensive database of 22,000 registered lobbyists. Contains searchable profiles of lobbyists and government relations professionals, their clients and issues. Top 25 Lobbying Groups at the Wayback Machine ( archived December 3, 2002 ) - Fortune listed the top 25 lobbying groups in 1999. LobbyWatch - a project of the Center for Public Integrity with reports on lobbyists and lobbying efforts as well as a searchable database. OpenSecrets.org NoLobby.com - Capitalism Magazine mini-site. Opposes lobbying restrictions on free speech grounds. The Citizen 's Guide to the U.S. Government - an online tutorial containing information for individuals who wish to address issues with their elected officials. Free Speech National Right to Life page containing documents opposing excessive regulation of `` lobbying '' as infringement on `` right to petition '' guaranteed by the First Amendment. 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Question: what is a lobbyist and who do they work for
Answer: people whose business is trying to influence legislation, regulation, or other government decisions, actions, or policies