This study investigates the awareness and practice of responsible lobbying in the EU and
analyzes benefits and antecedents. A multidimensional model of responsible lobbying is
developed which provides normative guidelines and allows for determining the degree of
responsible lobbying in practice. The empirical part analyzes responsible lobbying in the EU by
combining a quantitative analysis based on a survey among 142 lobbyists with a qualitative
examination based on interviews. The analysis reveals that criteria of responsible lobbying are
fulfilled to a large extent according to the lobbyists. This study comes at a time when
researchers and practitioners increasingly recognize the need to establish responsible lobbying
by aligning Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and lobbying.
