Quotes About Transparency

She asked a vendor if it would not be a good idea to inform the customer that his order will come late. No, he would get mad. Well, what happens when you deliver order late? He gets mad. Then why didn't you tell him in advance, so that he could prepare? He would get mad twice.

We're all more than the person we show to everyone else. At least I hope so. Because I feel like there's more to me than that. I just haven't had the chance yet to show it.

The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon . . . has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.

Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn't write it down and sign it, don't say it.

We live in an age of confusion and thirst in which the advantages of communication are greater than those of secrecy.

The first step of any communication is honest & consistent intentions, after this, even if you don't communicate, people will listen, hear & align

If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it.

The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it.

In crisis management, be quick with the facts, slow with the blame.

There needs to be clearer communication for the public avout how valuable it [animal testing] is

What I'm constantly striving for in my prose is clarity. So that, ideally, the writing will become so transparent that the reader will forget that the medium of communication is language.

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

Don't damage computer systems you break into (including crashing them); don't change the information in those systems (except for altering logs to cover your tracks); and share information.

I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.

Sincerity is the surest road to confidence.

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

[People] will be reminded of the integrity of our election systems and the confidence that they deserve to have.

One of the ways to make sure policies are more transparent and to help restore people's confidence in politicians... is to ensure renewal at the highest level of office.

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

Her two outstanding characteristics were self-confidence and candor. The latter sometimes got her into hot water Durrance later told Charlotte, but the former kept it from scalding her.

To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent.

I hate people who act too cool for school. Just own up to it, dude.

To be what I term a 'quality' human being one has to be transparently real and have the courage to be what he is.

Have the courage to say what needs to be said to who it needs to be said to. You'll both be better for it.