Training Epaca.org – Quiz by mcwebmaster | Jun 21, 2018 Email address Name When inviting a Member of the European Parliament to speak at a conference, which of the gifts below are acceptable? (more than 1 answer can be correct) A bottle of 1945 Château Petrus A bouquet of flowers A speaking fee in cash A coffee table book on a topic related to the conference When in a meeting in an MEP’s office, you happen to see a document relevant to one of your clients. What should you do? (more than 1 answer can be correct) Take a photo with your phone Read it quickly and tell my client all about it Ask for the document to be moved / hidden Say that you have noticed the document, declare the interest you represent and ask if the MEP can discuss the dossier with you A prospective client wants to hire your company to undertake a government relations programme in Brussels. But she insists that you do not register them as a client of yours under the EU transparency register. What should you do? Say that you will be delighted to assist the company and reassure her that no information will be disclosed in your EU Transparency Register. Say that you will be delighted to assist the company but you must disclose on your EU Transparency Register information related to activities carried out on behalf of our clients which have the objective to directly or indirectly influence the decision-making process of the EU. Say that you need to discuss the issue with your management. One of your clients asks you to anonymously edit their Wikipedia page on their behalf and make it more favourable to them. What should you do? Edit the Wikipedia page by creating a personal account. Edit the Wikipedia page by creating an account under the name of your company. Explain how Wikipedia works and the best ways to address the problematic content without you editing the page. One of your clients is organising a major event in Brussels and knows that, in your spare time, you are a very keen Twitterer with an impressive group of followers. He asks that you write a tweet about the event to attract more attention and hopefully get more people to turn up. What should you do? You are delighted to help and promote the event from your personal twitter account. You decline and offer instead to tweet from their account and your company account, mentioning the #client relationship. You are delighted to help and promote the event from your personal twitter account, mentioning the #client relationship. You’re having a drink with a friend who works in an EU Institution. At a certain point in the conversation he mentions something in passing that you know would be of interest to a client. This relates to a particular file they are closely following, and the type of intelligence they expect you to provide them. What should you do? Declare the interest you represent and ask your friend if he is willing to discuss. Say nothing about the client and ask your friend about the file because of “personal curiosity”. Change topic of the conversation. A longstanding and large scale client asks you to attend a Commission event and to ask the speaker a question related to the file they are interested in. How should you ask the question to the Commission speaker? “I am X from consultancy Y and I’d like to ask a question related to ...” I am X from consultancy Y and I am representing company Z. I’d like to ask a question related to ...” “I’d like to ask a question related to…” A client of yours is about to commission a study to a third party Institute whose studies have in the past been criticised for bringing misleading information to the debate. The client has told you that once the study is commissioned and fully finalised, she wants you to disseminate its results amongst EU policy-makers. What should you do? Advise the client to think again about this piece of work, tell her the facts that make you doubt about the activity envisaged and the problems that the client is likely to face. Tell the client that you will be delighted to share that study results among EU policy-makers. Share that study only to a selected number of policymakers.
