the.com/financial transparency
showing your numbers before anyone has to ask twice.
means the practice of openly disclosing financial information so others can verify what's really going on with the money.
from rose to prominence post-2008, when opaque balance sheets at banks like lehman brothers turned out to be hiding leverage nobody could see until it was too late; regulators then made disclosure a legal habit, not just a virtue.
enron effectsox 2002 law exists because hidden debt sank a giant
open salariesbuffer publishes every employee's pay online
gap betweendisclosure and honesty are legally different things
for instance
buffer salary transparency — public spreadsheet of every employee's pay since 2013
norway tax records — anyone's income and wealth searchable since 2001
berkshire hathaway letters — buffett's annual letter, plain english, since 1965
eu csrd rules — 2024 law forcing 50000 companies to disclose esg data