Public Transparency: analysis of portals of professional supervisory councils in Northeastern Brazil

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21527/2237-6453.2022.58.12040

Keywords:

Law of access to information. Level of public transparency. Federal municipalities. Supervisory boards.

Abstract

The aim of this article was to analyze the public transparency practiced by the Professional Supervisory Councils of northeastern Brazil in the light of the Law on Access to Information. The study included the Boards of Directors, Accounting Councils, Economics Councils and Brazilian Bar Associations of the nine Northeastern States, totaling 36 units surveyed. Methodologically it was a quantitative approach from exploratory data analysis and using Klein's conceptual model (2018) that addresses four dimensions of institutional transparency: active transparency, passive transparency, good practices and open data plan. Systematic incursions were made in the institutional sites, as well as an experiment was carried out based on the demand for information via the perspective of passive transparency. Among the main results, the CRC's has the best scores of attendance to public transparency with an average of 76.90 points, that is, more than double the scores obtained by the Boards of Directors (average of 34.24), Economics (average of 36.49) and OAB (average of 31.74). In the dimensional view of the indicator: active and passive transparency, it was observed that all professional councils do not present the completeness of the requirements of the Law on Access to Information (LAI) present in this dimension. When considering good transparency practices and the provision of open data, it is the time when the most unsatisfactory results are obtained, since it is found that some of the investigated councils do not meet any of the two dimensions. It is concluded that, with the exception of the Accounting Council, the other present a low degree of public transparency in the light of LAI, the real interest of managers on the front lines of these Professional Councils is in fact being clear with regard to public transparency for their registered records and society (HEALD, 2006).

Author Biographies

Richard Medeiros Araújo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)

Doutor em Administração pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). Professor da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)

Alba Barbosa de Oliveira Lopes, Instituto Federal de Pernambuco (IFPE)

Doutora em Administração pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte UFRN). Professora do Instituto Federal de Pernambuco (IFPE).

Possui graduação em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2002), mestrado em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2005) e doutorado em Administração pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (2013). Tem experiência na área de Administração, com ênfase em Análise de politicas públicas, Política público de turismo, responsabilidade social, processos de gestão.

Thiago Ferreira Dias, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)

Doutor em Administração pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). Professor da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).

 

, Mestrado em Administração e Desenvolvimento Rural pela Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (2007) e graduação em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2005). Desde o ano de 2010 é professor do magistério superior federal, com passagem pela Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA). E atualmente é professor na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, lotado no Departamento de Administração Pública e Gestão Social (DAPGS). Foi coordenador do Mestrado Profissional em Gestão Pública da UFRN (2014-2017). Foi Vice-Presidente da Sociedade Brasileira de Administração Pública (SBAP) para o biênio 2016-2018. Liderou o Tema Relações Estado e Sociedade na área de Administração Pública da ANPAD (2018 a 2020). É Líder do Núcleo de Inovação Pública da UFRN. É membro do Comitê Científico da área de Administração Pública da ANPAD. Tem experiência na área de Administração, com ênfase em Gestão Pública e Social, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: gestão e avaliação de políticas públicas, gestão social, inovação pública, governo aberto, transparência, participação, coprodução pública e desenvolvimento rural. (Texto informado pelo autor)

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2022-09-15

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Araújo, R. M., Lopes, A. B. de O., & Dias, T. F. (2022). Public Transparency: analysis of portals of professional supervisory councils in Northeastern Brazil. Desenvolvimento Em Questão, 20(58), e12040. https://doi.org/10.21527/2237-6453.2022.58.12040

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Vol. 20 No. 58 (2022): Nº 58 - 2022

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