As essential as openness is in a democracy -- without it public officials could never fully gain the consent of the governed because there would be no way to hold officials accountable -- no one doubts that some democratic processes require secrecy.
China's ambivalence about the openness essential to contain the virus is seen as a significant obstacle.
International co-operation and the exchange of ideas are essential to embedding openness and transparency across the world.
At the same time, there is something soft about Mr. Dafoe's screen persona: not soft as in weak, but in his essential kindness and openness of spirit.
And yet, when the dominant psychological premise of society is fear, how can people access essential factors like openness, risk-taking and trust?
As the name implies, the framework consists of five essential dimensions of openness in assessment and decision making, or more generally, creation and use of collective knowledge.
These essential requirements emphasize openness, lack of dominance, balance of interest, coordination and harmonization, public notification of standards development, appropriate consideration of views and objections raised, evidence of a consensus vote, an appeals mechanism, and written procedures for methods used in standards development [ 77].
2. Second, openness is essential to truth.
One thing is very clear, however: for standards to be established, openness is essential".
