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Also Try Election Finance Reform News -01-22-06 Checklist for Evaluating Lobbying Reform (Democracy21.org) " 'A number of important new reforms are contained in the various proposals that have been presented,' according to Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer. 'In order to determine just how effective the reforms will be, however, it is essential to analyze the legislative language of the proposals. This is a case where reality lies in the details.' " " 'The absence of any oversight and enforcement of the congressional ethics rules is its own Washington scandal and a central factor in the lobbying and ethics scandals in Congress,' Wertheimer stated. 'The absence of a "sheriff" for Congress has resulted in a "wild-west," "anything goes" approach to complying with or ignoring the rules.' " "In an unprecedented failure, for example, the House Ethics Committee was non-operational and did not function for the entire year in 2005." 01-06 Papers Corporate Values Versus Public Interest (Business Ethics Magazine) Recommends adding a "Code for Corporate Citizenship" to state laws that govern the purposes--and liabilities--of corporations. In addition to directors and officers of corporations having a duty to make money for shareholders, Hinkley recommends adding: "but not at the expense of the environment, human rights, the public safety, the communities in which the corporation operates or the dignity of its employees."  "Companies believe their duty to the public interest consists of complying with the law. Obeying the law is simply a cost. Since it interferes with making money, it must be minimized–using devices like lobbying, legal hairsplitting, and jurisdiction shopping. Directors and officers give little thought to the fact that these activities may damage the public interest." "Because the public creates the law, corporations owe their existence as much to the public as they do to shareholders. They should have obligations to both. It simply makes no sense that society's most powerful citizens have no concern for the public good." 7-02 Finance Reform - New Methods of Lobbying (MSNBC - Isikoff) Suggests ways that lobbyists will operate after finance reform goes into effect. 2-02 Finance Reform - New Methods of Lobbying (MSNBC - Isikoff) Suggests ways that lobbyists will operate after finance reform goes into effect. 2-02 Lobbying Efforts - Public Records (US Senate Office of Public Records) Provides information on the amount of money provided by lobbyists. 10-01 McCain-Feingold Move to Restrict Lobbying (Bloomberg.com) "U.S. Senators John McCain and Russell Feingold, who led the drive to ban unlimited corporate and union donations to political parties, will make the first bipartisan effort in a decade to strengthen lobbying laws. Their legislation comes as a scandal threatens to ensnare some colleagues." 12-05

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