Commenting on the Enron scandal, The New York Times (May 26, 2006) noted that “Enron’s fall had a greater impact … by heightening nervousness among average investors about the transparency of American companies.”

Even pre-Enron, academics and consultants celebrated transparency — in the sense of full disclosure of and maximum access to information — as an integral part of sound management. Post-Enron, the media celebrate transparency as a moral imperative, and most businesses claim it as a core value.

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