transparency

Management

(noun)

Figuratively, openness and accessibility.

Finance

(noun)

(figuratively) openness, degree of accessibility to view

Related Terms

  • market liquidity
Business

(noun)

Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.

Related Terms

  • European Union
  • euro
Communications

(noun)

specifically, a transparent material with an image on it, that is viewable by shining light through it.

Examples of transparency in the following topics:

  • Setting Transparency Norms

    • Transparency in organizations is the extent to which its actions are observable by outsiders.
    • Transparency in organizations is the extent to which its actions are observable by outsiders.
    • Organizations that value honesty, trust, and ethical practices encourage accuracy and thereby increase their transparency.
    • Wage disclosure is one particular area in which companies can practice corporate transparency.
    • Define transparency and identify how it is determined by organizations' communication strategies and practices
  • Open Communication of Decisions

    • Transparency consists of operating in such a way that it is easy for others to see what actions are being performed.
    • Transparency means operating in such a way that it is easy for others to see what actions are performed.
    • Radical transparency is a management method where nearly all decision making is carried out publicly.
    • Corporate transparency, a form of radical transparency, is the concept of removing all barriers to—and the facilitation of—free and easy public access to corporate information.
    • Explain how a company uses transparency to open communication and why this is crucial to building connections and a sense of community
  • Price Transparency

    • Since bonds are traded in a decentralized, over-the-counter market dominated by dealers, there can be a lack of price transparency.
    • In economics, a market is transparent if much is known–by many– about what products, services, or capital assets are available at what price and where.
    • The two types of price transparency have different implications for differential pricing.
    • In summary, since bonds are traded in a decentralized, over-the-counter market dominated by dealers, there is a lack of price transparency for bond markets.
    • Most bonds are not sold in centralized marketplaces, such as the New York Stock Exchange, leading to a lack of price transparency.
  • Chalkboards, Flip Charts, and Transparencies

    • Visual aids including chalkboards, flipcharts, and transparencies help presenters weave words and images together into a cohesive message.
    • However, transparencies are still used by a variety of organizations.
    • A transparency, also known in industrial settings as a "viewfoil" or "foil", is a thin sheet of transparent flexible material, typically cellulose acetate, onto which figures can be drawn.
    • In academia, mathematics and history classes traditionally used transparencies to illustrate a point or problem.
    • Moreover, transparencies must be shown in dim lighting, which may potentially cause visibility problems for viewers.
  • The requirements of a good recording-keeping system

    • Transparency involves displaying the results of measurements.
    • Accessible, transparent measurement has also been known to create friendly competitions between employees or departments as teams try to outdo one another to reduce waste and resource use.
  • Properties of Quartz and Glass

    • Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.
    • Glass is in widespread use largely due to the production of glass compositions that are transparent to visible wavelengths of light.
    • The individual crystallites may be transparent, but their facets (grain boundaries) reflect or scatter light, resulting in diffuse reflection.
    • Pure quartz, traditionally called rock crystal (sometimes called clear quartz), is colorless and transparent or translucent.
    • The cryptocrystalline (crystals barely visible under microscope) varieties are either translucent or mostly opaque, while the transparent varieties tend to be macrocrystalline (large crystals identified by sight).
  • Ceramics under the Song Dynasty

    • Left item: A Northern Song qingbai-ware vase with a transparent blue-toned ceramic glaze, from Jingdezhen, 11th century.
    • Center item: A Northern or Southern Song qingbai-ware bowl with incised lotus decorations, a metal rim, and a transparent blue-toned glaze, from Jingdezhen, 12th or 13th century; Right item: A Southern Song miniature model of a granary with removable top lid and doorway, qingbai porcelain with transparent blue-toned glaze, Jingdezhen, 13th century.
  • Tempera

    • The medium is traditionally applied in successive thin, semi-transparent layers called glazes.
    • Because of the transparency of the paint, paintings in tempera rarely exhibit the deep saturation of color that can be achieved with oil paint.
  • Building Community

    • All changes to Boundless content are tracked, in keeping with our commitment to transparency.
  • How Values Influence Behavior

    • People who value transparency will work hard to be transparent.
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