Lobbying is defined as "the act of trying to directly shape or influence a government official's understanding and position on a public policy or issue."(post, business and society 7th edition ed.) What is the difference between lobbying and bribery?
2006-09-02 04:58:21 · 18 answers · asked by myscmone 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Bribery is a quid pro quo of offering money in return for for political action. Lobbying is offering political support (usually votes or expertise) in return for political action. Legal lobbying does not involve direct financial support. This is the difference between Bribery and Lobbying, and it is why some lobbyists end up accused of bribery.
2006-09-02 05:03:57 · answer #1 · answered by Charles D 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Lobbying Vs Bribery
2016-11-01 01:33:44 · answer #2 · answered by blossomgame 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first responses which come to mind are 1) depends on how much you pay him/her, 2) depends on whether or not you get caught. (Cynically speaking, that might not be so far from the truth.) But the distinction probably turns on what the "convincer" gives or what the "convincee" gets. If the convincer simply gives the official information or presents a different point of view; if the official only gets a new understanding of the issue or a better grasp of the bigger picture, I would call that lobbying. The convincer is merely urging the official to think about things he/she may not have thought about before. However, if the convincer actually gives the official someTHING (money, car, boat, country club membership, etc) contingent upon the official actually casting a vote in a particular direction, then to the extent the action is seen to be buying the official's vote or paying the official to work exclusively for the convincer, the action would be deemed bribery. That being said, the legal distinction is no doubt fraught with a grey area large enough to park a fleet of battleships. If, in the course of presenting my take on the issue to you, I take you out for dinner to a restaurant you wouldn't be able to afford on your own, am I lobbying you or bribing you? Did I just pick a nice setting in which to provide you with some new information or did I pay you with food to specifically vote my interests?
2006-09-02 05:27:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Lobbying means petitioning your Senator or Representative or MP, which you are quite entitled to do. E.g. the Capitol in Washington and the Houses of Parliament have areas where the public can enter and put their views to the politicians. In fact the word lobby comes from the public area of the Houses of Parliament being known as The Lobby. Bribery on the other hand means offering inducement, usually financial, to a politician to do or not to do something, e.g. vote a particular way during a session. This is illegal.
2016-03-17 01:21:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bribery is paying for a specific political action. Some argue that lobbying is bribery, but it is not necessarily. Lobbyists often only make annual campaign contributions, to politicians who are already favorable to their cause. They then use their campaign contributions to get the ear of the politicians. Their money is not buying a specific action.
Should lobbying be illegal? Maybe. But one can lobby for one's whole life and not bribe anyone, in the legal sense.
2006-09-02 06:18:37 · answer #5 · answered by y_nevin 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Bribery involves the payment of money or giving of other consideration in exchange for performance of an official action by a public official. Lobbying does not.
2006-09-02 05:04:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lobbying in it's truest form, is simply people hired by private interest groups to badger or influence elected officials whenever they are out of their chambers in the house or the senate. (i.e. "in the lobby", "Lobbyist"...) When it crosses the line to bribery, is when compensation of ANY KIND is offered to a public official, for special consideration in any legislation, AND that compensation is accepted in return for that special consideration. The current administration never met a bribe they couldn't accept.
2006-09-02 05:25:11 · answer #7 · answered by piper54alpha 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
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Lobbyists are subject to strict laws and regulations. If operating within the guidelines it is legal. Now if you want to look at bribery, unethical and shady political deals, those are called "527 groups" the corporations hide behind.
2016-04-09 01:10:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lobbying is just legal bribery.
2006-09-02 06:35:08 · answer #9 · answered by hungerforknowledge 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
lobbying is the official term for bribery?
2006-09-02 05:03:25 · answer #10 · answered by HomePerson 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋