The company's board minutes stated that Ernst & Young, who audited the company's financial statements as well, confirmed that the use of the scheme would also "significantly lessen the transparency of reported results".
As in most developed countries, the issue is not bribery, but a lessening of political transparency (for instance in campaign finance) and regulatory oversight.Correction: An early version of this map wrongly put France in the same dark orange category as Italy.
Promising Trends Long-term trends favor emerging markets' movement toward higher levels of transparency that will lessen the challenges confronting foreign investors by reducing the incidence of bribery and by neutralizing the competitive advantages of corruption.
The shorter NWs have better transparency, while the longer one could lessen the required contact times and thus reduce the contact resistance which has been confirmed to be the main part of the sheet resistance.
"Bringing some transparency to physician compensation may help lessen compensation disparities," Whaley said.
Every time abuse survivors have to scream and shout for an acceptable degree of transparency, the credibility of the whole process is lessened.
In many instances, too, reduced government accountability and transparency increases the risk of harm to the public and lessens governmental integrity.
Some legislators also want rules changed to lessen the central power of the speaker's office and seniority system, establish more transparency in how the chamber operates and make decisions and give the chairmen of Assembly committees more authority.
We conclude that the effect of transparency practices and FTAs on trade flows comes from openness and responsiveness to lessen unpredictability, increase accountability, and give more importance on FTAs utilization.
The ACCC called for greater transparency of gas contracts and consideration of whether joint marketing by one of the largest suppliers, the Gippsland Basin joint venture, had substantially lessened competition.
