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The Morality of Transparency; Clarity versus Emptiness

Sampson, Steven LU (2019) p.37-62
Abstract
With transparency being either a state of clarity or the exposure emptiness, this paper focuses on the practices of transparency, termed ‘transparenting’. Focus on transparenting practices can provide a better tool for understanding the ‘rise of transparency’, and its moral, practical and political aspects. Three types of transparenting are defined: the voluntary transparenting conducted by organizations, the “flashlight” transparenting of suspicious outsiders, and renegade transparenting by the whistleblower. Examples are given from the field of anti-corruption programs and business ethics and compliance. Through a focus on transparenting, we can better understand both the risks and dark sides of transparency.
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publication status
published
subject
keywords
Social Anthropology, Transparency, corruption, anti-corruption, Business ethics, Compliance, transparenting, organizational transparency
host publication
Der Transparenz-Imperativ: Normen, Strukturen, Praktiken
editor
August, Vincent and Osrecki, Franz
pages
37 - 62
publisher
Springer
ISBN
978-3-658-22294-9
language
English
LU publication?
yes
additional info
Accepted draft manuscript. Final publication in press.
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4b7200f8-4642-4b92-a7a0-14f87daf16e9
date added to LUP
2019-06-03 20:01:30
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2020-01-08 15:43:47
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  editor       = {{August, Vincent and Osrecki, Franz}},
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  title        = {{The Morality of Transparency; Clarity versus Emptiness}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/65413439/TRANSPARENCYpaperfinal3may19.docx}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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