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The purpose of this article is to analyze and assess the lobbying activities of trans-national corporations. The essence of the study is to draw attention to the conditions of the assessment of ethical lobbying in view of the different standards of individual coun-tries. In the first part of the article the importance of lobbying in building a competitive position was discussed - the strategies and methods of lobbying. In the second part the diversity of perceptions of lobbying in the European and the U.S. systems was highlight-ed, and the consequences of this fact for the assessment of ethical action. In the last part development of the methods of corporate lobbying in the direction of the so-called par¬ticipatory model was indicated. This can be seen as an evidence of a change in relations between the state - business.