Transparency

investment in publicly traded equities, alongside significant negative returns following announcements of disinvestment (Dewenter, Han & Malatesta, 2010). Kotter & Lel in their examination of the stock market response to 168 SWF investments, found that transparency of the acquiring SWF correlated with the magnitude of the abnormal positive return for a given investment (Kotter & Lel,…

The Secchi transparency is the water depth at which a white disc that usually 20 cm in diameter which will disappear from the view of the observer at the water surface. It is a reliable method and often used to estimate for the rapid measurement of light condition (Lampert and Sommer, 2007). Secchi disc transparency is basically a function of reflection of light from the surface of the disc and therefore is affected…

private sector, academics, researchers and regular citizens to validate and verify whether policies based on the data are correct and in favour with the public interest. Ultimately open data initiative can assist urban governance in three areas: 1) Transparency and accountability, 2) Public participation and 3) Innovation, economic development and efficiency (Davies & Perini, 2016). These areas will be discussed in more detail in the part of the…

assistance. We could increase productivity if she would just trust me to handle certain things on my own. I am confident in my ability to excel at my job. I wish she shared those same sentiments. I would like to create transparency with my supervisor in order to establish trust. Transparency…

The main body of multi-channel distribution system is merchant middleman and agent intermediary who participates in commodity circulation process. Through these agents and intermediaries, multi-channel distribution systems can be expanded to make distribution easier. Apple advantages first multi-channel system mode, multi-channel system model can ensure the steady growth of the company, to build multi-channel system model can make the enterprise effectively avoid risk, because in the long run,…

CORPORATE SUPPLY CHAIN: TRANSPARENCY & ACCOUNTABILITY??? A CASE STUDY OF NESTLE & MARS IN RELATION TO CAMBODIAN SEA SLAVES MSc FAM - TEAM 3 KHAMLICH ALI ROSADO GLORIA EZE HENRY UGOCHUKWU OCTOBER 20, 2015 ABSTRACT Slavery, a practice that seemed to have disappeared but it apparently still exists. Indeed, the New York Times article (14 september 2015) explains that slaves laborers, from Cambodia, work for suppliers of big internationals companies like Nestle and Mars. These slaves…

that, "somewhere in the Canadian psyche there seems to be a rooted belief that whistleblowing is not nice"(200). This explains why the canadian discussion tends to revolve more around the founder of Wikileaks' character, rather than the issue of transparency itself. It is not as if there are no cases of government corruption in canada. In the very office that was set up to protect government…

program. While most information was kept to the ground, evidence exists (see Gomery Report or Auditor Generals report) that this program was a failure to the Canadian people. There was still complete disregard for the notion of accountability, transparency, ministerial responsibility and responsible government: the very foundations of Canadian law and government. More specifically, the Gomery Commission was able to show through extensive interviewing that senior officials, ministers and public…

hard for people to live without it. Social media and technology gives us infinite access to information and lets the world become more connected unlike ever before. However, this infinite amount of access and connection also comes with a cost. Transparency brought by social media blurred the line between public self and private self . Thus, makes it hard for people to balance it. In “Electric Funeral”, Chuck Klosterman states that technology has the power, technology is the future and it is…

internet, has lead to a shift in the way many people get news and information, and share that information. It has also led to many technological advances, making the political process much quicker and more streamlined, while also providing much more transparency to the American public. With the rise of social media, it has also turned into a way to make that same information go viral. As technology has advanced and put super fast internet and cameras in almost everyone’s pockets, it has shifted…