On 28/08/07, Raphael Wegmann <raphael(a)psi.co.at> wrote:
George Herbert schrieb:
Accountability in some situations is "we trust Arbcom and Jimbo, who
we find to be honorable trustworthy people and who we expect to do the
right thing for Wikipedia, and explain to the degree possible
afterwards".
I don't think so.
Public's trust rests upon authorities being openly accountable.
If any authority refuses to disclose information to the public,
they are stripping the public of its ability to hold them accountable,
which will as likely as not result in a loss of public trust.
However, it is the authorities that first display a lack of trust
in the public.
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Raphael
They also have access to personal information which is not
theirs to reveal.
Besides, there is more than one type of accountability.