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Steven Sampson

Steven Sampson

Professor emeritus

Steven Sampson

The Morality of Transparency; Clarity versus Emptiness

Author

  • Steven Sampson

Editor

  • Vincent August
  • Franz Osrecki

Summary, in English

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.

Department/s

  • Social Anthropology

Publishing year

2019

Language

English

Pages

37-62

Publication/Series

Der Transparenz-Imperativ: Normen, Strukturen, Praktiken

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Social Anthropology

Keywords

  • Social Anthropology
  • Transparency
  • corruption
  • anti-corruption
  • Business ethics
  • Compliance
  • transparenting
  • organizational transparency

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-3-658-22294-9