Editing Transparency (behavior) (section)

==Management==
[[File:Shimer College dialogue transparency 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Shimer College]] students demonstrate in favor of transparency in school administration, 2010.]]
[[Radical transparency]] is a [[management]] method where nearly all decision making is carried out publicly. All draft documents, all arguments for and against a proposal, all final decisions, and the decision making process itself are made public and remain publicly archived. This approach has grown in popularity with the rise of the [[Internet]].<ref>{{Cite book | first1= Marcia W. | last1= DiStaso | first2= Denise Sevick | last2= Bortree | title= Ethical practice of social media in public relations | page= 23 | publisher = Routledge | isbn = 9781317917908 | year= 2014 }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=MujpAwAAQBAJ Preview.]</ref> Two examples of organizations utilizing this style are the [[Linux]] community and [[Indymedia]].

[[Corporate transparency]], a form of radical transparency, is the concept of removing all barriers to—and the facilitating of—free and easy public access to corporate information and the laws, rules, social [[connivance]] and processes that facilitate and protect those individuals and corporations that freely join, develop, and improve the process.<ref>{{cite news | last1= Bernardi | first1= Richard A. |last2= LaCross |first2= Catherine C. | title= Corporate transparency: code of ethics disclosures | url= http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/2005/405/essentials/p34.htm | work= The CPA Journal | publisher= New York State Society of the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) | date= April 2005 }}</ref>

In 2025 the [[Austria|Austrian]] [[Court of Audit]] argued that mistakes had been made in granting neither Austria's [[Ministry of Climate Action and Energy (Austria)|ministery of energy]] nor regulatory [[E-Control]] full access to gas contracts agreed upon between [[OMV]] and Russian [[Gazprom]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-01-10 |title=RH: Ministerium hätte OMV-Gasverträge einsehen müssen |url=https://www.orf.at//stories/3381396/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=news.[[ORF.at]] |language=de-AT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Behörden sollen ihre Einsichtsrechte bei Erdgasunternehmen durchsetzen |url=https://www.rechnungshof.gv.at/rh/home/news/Meldungen_2025/Einsichtsrechte_bei_Erdgasunternehmen_durchsetzen.html |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=Der Rechnungshof |language=de-AT}}</ref> in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OMV gibt die sofortige Kündigung des österreichischen Liefervertrags mit Gazprom Export bekannt |url=https://www.omv.com/de/medien/pressemitteilungen/2024/241211-omv-gibt-die-sofortige-kundigung-des-osterreichischen-liefervertrags-mit-gazprom-export-bekannt |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=www.omv.com |language=de-AT}}</ref>

===Non-governmental organizations===
Accountability and transparency are of high relevance for [[non-governmental organisation]]s (NGOs). In view of their responsibilities to stakeholders, including donors, sponsors, programme beneficiaries, staff, states and the public, they are considered to be of even greater importance to them than to commercial undertakings.<ref name="huidobro-p60">{{Cite book | first1= Maria | last1= Francesch-Huidobro | title= Governance, politics and the environment: a Singapore study | page= 60 | publisher = Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) | isbn = 9789812308313 | year= 2008 }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=QrCqBmdZY5UC&pg=PA60 Preview.]</ref> Yet these same values are often found to be lacking in NGOs.<ref name="huidobro-p60"/>

The ''[[INGO Accountability Charter|International NGO Accountability Charter]]'', linked to the [[Global Reporting Initiative]], documents the commitment of its members [[international NGO]]s to accountability and transparency, requiring them to submit an annual report, among others.<ref>{{cite web | title = Is GRI too much transparency for NGOs? | url = http://prizmablog.com/2011/03/27/is-gri-too-much-transparency-porn-for-ngos/ | publisher = PRIZMA | date = March 27, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Our accountability commitments: transparency | url = http://www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org/home/our-accountability-commitments/transparency/ | publisher = INGO accountability charter | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150329081613/http://www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org/home/our-accountability-commitments/transparency/ | archive-date = 2015-03-29 }}</ref> Signed in 2006 by 11 NGOs active in the area of humanitarian rights, the INGO Accountability Charter has been referred to as the "first global accountability charter for the non-profit sector".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I3Q0rFXjPQ4C&pg=PA214|title=Critical Mass: The Emergence of Global Civil Society|first1=James W. St G.|last1=Walker|first2=Andrew S.|last2=Thompson|date=February 21, 2008|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press|isbn=9781554580224 |via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1997, the [[One World Trust]] created an ''NGO Charter'', a [[code of conduct]] comprising commitment to accountability and transparency.<ref>{{cite web | title = Charte des ONG (NGO Charter) | url = http://www.oneworldtrust.org/csoproject/cso/initiatives/358/charte_des_ong_ngo_charter | publisher = One World Trust | date = 1997 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052118/http://www.oneworldtrust.org/csoproject/cso/initiatives/358/charte_des_ong_ngo_charter | archive-date = 2011-09-28 }}</ref>