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“When you use a public office, pretty shamelessly, to vouch for a private party with substantial financial interest without the disclosure of the true authorship, that is a dangerous practice. The puppeteer behind the stage is pulling strings, and [the public] can’t see. I don’t like that. And when it is exposed, it makes [the public] feel used.”This sort of puppeteering is not wrong. What is wrong is doing it secretly (as well as not allowing opponents to have their say, but that is a different issue). Attribution should be given to the true author (even if only the author of part of a document), not for copyright reasons (the true author would usually be happy to waive attribution to keep her involvement secret), but rather to make the process transparent, to let the public know who the author is. It is also important that the lobbyist's client(s) also be disclosed.
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[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/us/politics/energy-firms-in-secretive-alliance-with-attorneys-general.html
[2] http://www.cityethics.org/taxonomy/term/41
[3] http://www.cityethics.org/taxonomy/term/56
[4] http://www.cityethics.org/taxonomy/term/68