Texas received an F in Public Access to Information, Political Financing, Electoral Oversight, Lobbying Disclosure, Executive Accountability, Legislative Accountability, and Judicial Accountability.
Morality, Plato argues, comes from full disclosure; without accountability for our actions we would all behave unjustly.
"They demanded not just high ethical standards but also transparency, disclosure and accountability to make these standards effective".
The rendition program was well known, in great detail; what the state-secrets privilege prevented was not disclosure but accountability.
Corporations have clear incentives to avoid disclosure and accountability; federal tax and campaign finance laws, as well as state campaign finance laws, have accommodated their desire to do so.
The organizations say they plan to use the money for advertising, polling, telephone banks and direct mail appeals -- all the major functions of a candidate committee or a political party, but without requirements for public disclosure or accountability.
A1 C.E.O.'s Share the Pressure America's chief executives, under pressure after several high-profile cases of malfeasance, are sharing the pressure by demanding more disclosure and accountability from the middle ranks.
We give awards every year recognizing excellence in dozens of public relations tactics, and we also have a member code of ethics requiring honesty, openness, full disclosure and accountability, signed by our 20,000 members.
