January 2007 (Revised April 2007)
Background Note
HBS Case Collection

Note on Lobbying

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Libby Cantrill and Patricia Wu

Format:Print
| Pages:18

Abstract

Describes how companies engage the political and legal system and the rules and ethics associated with doing so. Focuses on the U.S. political and legal system, but also seeks to familiarize readers with lobbying norms and structures in the European Union and Japan.

Keywords

Business and Government Relations; Ethics; Labor Unions; Public Administration Industry; Legal Services Industry; United States; Japan; European Union

Citation

Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Libby Cantrill, and Patricia Wu. "Note on Lobbying." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-471, January 2007. (Revised April 2007.)