Improving records management to promote transparency and prevent corruption
| Autor: | Anahí Casadesús de Mingo, Agustí Cerrillo-i-Martínez |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Estudis de Dret i Ciència Política |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Computer Networks and Communications
Records management corruption España ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING Accounting Legislation corrupción Library and Information Sciences informació pública transparencia por designio 050602 political science & public administration información pública transparència per designi Espanya Public information Corrupción política records management business.industry regulació Corrupció política 05 social sciences transparency by design regulation Public relations Transparency (behavior) 0506 political science Political corruption Access to information regulación Spain Accountability public information 0509 other social sciences 050904 information & library sciences business corrupció Information Systems |
| Zdroj: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya instname O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) |
| ISSN: | 0268-4012 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2017.09.005 |
| Popis: | This paper pursues to show how regulation can facilitate the incorporation of transparency obligations into a record’s lifecycle (transparency by design) to prevent the occurrence of any risk of corruption associated with the management of the information created by a public administration (missing or disappearance of information, lack of evidence, modification of documents, etc.). The paper analyses the mechanisms available to Spain’s public administrations for managing these irregularities in records management though the raft of regulations and protocols that have been approved in the country. It assesses how the lack of specific regulations providing for transparency by design currently represents a limitation on the role of records management as a tool for preventing and fighting corruption. The paper shows that there is a need to guarantee proper records management, which includes transparency throughout a record’s lifecycle. It concludes that legislation assessed does not properly reflect these ideals. Nevertheless, this concern is only partially and insufficiently reflected in legislation. Legislators usually ignore the instrumental and methodological fundamentals of records management. Therefore, there is a need to update legislation on archives and records management with regard to access to information, transparency and accountability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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