The Regulation of Lobbying Activity

2017 ◽  
pp. 300-315
Author(s):  
Justin Greenwood
Keyword(s):  
Lobbying Activity

Professor Smith Goes to Washington: Educational Interest Group Lobbying, 1998–2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 448-453
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Marsicano ◽  
Christopher Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Interest Group ◽  
Labor Unions ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Lobbying Activity ◽  
Expenditure Data ◽  
K 12

Congressional lobbying by education-related interest groups is an understudied subject in education research. This brief uses congressional lobbying expenditure data from 1998 to 2017 to examine trends in lobbying behavior by labor unions; K–12 education providers; and public, private nonprofit, and for-profit higher education institutions. Education interest groups have spent in excess of $2 billion lobbying Congress since 1998. Higher education institutions represent a disproportionate share of lobbying activity and expenditures, accounting for almost 70% of education-focused interest groups and around 80% of education-related lobbying expenditures. Lobbying expenditures steadily rose until 2011 before rapidly declining. The brief speculates as to the possible reasons for these trends and concludes with a call for greater research on lobbying for education.

scholarly journals Opaque: an empirical evaluation of lobbying transparency in the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-118
Author(s):  
Amy Melissa McKay ◽  
Antal Wozniak
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Lobbying Activity ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
British State

Abstract The government of the UK is reputed to be among the world’s most transparent governments. Yet in comparison with many other countries, its 5-year-old register of lobbyists provides little information about the lobbying activity directed at the British state. Further, its published lists of meetings with government ministers are vague, delayed, and scattered across numerous online locations. Our analysis of more than 72,000 reported ministerial meetings and nearly 1000 lobbying clients and consultants reveals major discrepancies between these two sources of information about lobbying in the UK. Over the same four quarters, we find that only about 29% of clients listed in the lobby register appear in the published record of ministerial meetings with outside groups, and less than 4% of groups disclosed in ministerial meetings records appear in the lobby register. This wide variation between the two sets of data, along with other evidence, contribute to our conclusion that the Government could have made, and still should make, the lobby register more robust.

Nonprofit lobby expense reporting

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 522-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica E. Harris ◽  
Ryan D. Leece ◽  
Daniel G. Neely
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Internal Revenue ◽  
Lobbying Activity ◽  
Tax Exempt

AbstractWe investigate the determinants and consequences of nonprofit lobbying activity by analyzing 501(c)(3) nonprofit lobbying choices as reported on the primary tax form, Form 990. Under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), nonprofits may lose their tax exempt status if they engage in a substantial amount of lobbying. We examine lobbying choices across three dimensions: (1) the test used to determine whether lobbying activities are substantial (i.e., making an H-election) (2) whether lobbying activities are directly related to the mission of the nonprofit (i.e., program related) (3) whether an affiliate nonprofit lobbies on behalf of a nonprofit. Results indicate lobbying choices are associated with the amount of lobbying reported and the amount of contributions received. Additionally, our results provide some evidence that nonprofit lobbying choices allowed under the IRC are underutilized.

scholarly journals Lobbying in the Virtual World: Perceptions in the Nonprofit Sector

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Miller-Stevens ◽  
Matthew J. Gable
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
National Council ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Lobbying Activity ◽  
Technological Barriers ◽  
Grassroots Lobbying ◽  
Nonprofit Associations

AbstractElectronic lobbying efforts have become an essential, yet profoundly underutilized strategy of nonprofit organizations to advance the representation of the underserved in policymaking. Through a survey and interviews of leaders and staff members in state nonprofit associations that are members of the National Council of Nonprofits, this study examines the use and perceived effectiveness of nonprofit electronic lobbying activities and the communication channels employed for this purpose, in addition to exploring social crises and technological barriers potentially limiting nonprofit adoption of these activities. The study concludes that state nonprofit associations actively utilize email as an electronic lobbying activity to reach policymakers, but the activity is rarely employed to disseminate information to the general public. Social media methods such as blogging and social networking sites are used less frequently, but they are often perceived as being highly effective as a grassroots lobbying activity.

scholarly journals Regulating lobbyists in New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Liam Alexander Williams
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Select Committee ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Government Decision ◽  
Lobbying Activity ◽  
Decision Making Processes

<p>Lobbying is a vital aspect of democratic governance and is for the most part beneficial to society. However, recent high-profile instances of lobbying activity in New Zealand have damaged governmental integrity and appear to have diminished public confidence in government decision-making processes. The Lobbying Disclosure Bill was introduced to the New Zealand Parliament in 2012 in the hope that transparency mechanisms could dissuade harmful lobbying without impeding ordinary activity. The Bill was rejected at the select committee stage due to a number of drafting deficiencies. These shortcomings made the Bill difficult to implement, and imposed a disproportionate limit on a number of human rights. Despite these failings, it is both possible and desirable to regulate lobbying activity in New Zealand. Drawing from overseas experiences, this paper suggests modifications to the Lobbying Disclosure Bill which would discourage harmful lobbying while also mitigating the concerns raised by critics of the Bill.</p>

scholarly journals La actividad de los grupos de presión ante el Poder Ejecutivo: una respuesta jurídica más allá del Registro

2018 ◽  
pp. 399
Author(s):  
Rafael Rubio Núñez
Keyword(s):  
Lobbying Activity ◽  
Legislative Model ◽  
Los Grupos

La regulación de los grupos de presión a lo largo de la historia presenta dificultades de definición, de aplicación y de eficacia. Esta regulación se ha centrado históricamente en identificar a aquellos que realizan estas labores de influencia y aplicar la transparencia tanto a su organización como a sus actividades. En nuestra opinión este modelo, hijo de la legislación norteamericana de 1946 es ineficaz e insuficiente, al dejar fuera organizaciones y sujetos que realizan este tipo de actividades. Abogamos por centrar la regulación en las actividades y no en los sujetos que las desarrollan y buscar otros caminos que lejos de dificultar la acción de lobby, que convierte esto en algo reservado a aquellos que cuentan con más recursos, facilite las acciones de influencia a través de instrumentos institucionalizados.The Regulation of lobbies has always found many difficulties for definition, application and eficiency. This regulation has been focusing historically on identifying the key actors undertaking lobbying activities and applying transparency to both their organization and their activities. In our opinion, this legislative model, which comes from the American legislation on lobbying of 1946, is inefficient and insufficient as it typically leaves out key actors that undertake lobbying activities. Our preferred option is to regulate this field by focusing on the activities and not on the actors, and to search for means that far from adding more difficulties to the lobbying activity, which converts it into something reserved only for the few with more resources, make it an easy activity for all.

scholarly journals Ethical model of lobbying: An analysis of the codes regulating lobbying activity

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
Anna Lewicka-Strzałecka
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Specific Pattern ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Civic Responsibility ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Lobbying Activity

Self-regulation initiatives are undertaken by many lobbying circles in various countries. The key element of those initiatives are codes of ethics including a postulated model of lobbying activities, a specific pattern of ethical standards of lobbying. The aim of the article is a reconstruction of this pattern on the basis of the analysis of eight codes representing American, Polish, British, European and German lobbying. The analysis leads to the following conclusions. An axiological base of the lobbyist profession is created by such values as honesty, reliability, integrity, trust, professionalism, civic responsibility, openness, transparency, loyalty, respect, courtesy. Norms included in the codes are concentrated on the following issues: legality, transparency of actions, care of reputation and dignity of the profession, avoiding corruption, conflict of interest, customer relationship, duties toward society, public relations. A weak element of lobbying self-regulation is a system of norm execution.

scholarly journals Who walks through the revolving door? Examining the lobbying activity of former members of Congress

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Lazarus ◽  
Amy McKay ◽  
Lindsey Herbel
Keyword(s):  
Revolving Door ◽  
Lobbying Activity
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