Internalizing transparency and its relationship with corruption: insights from Colombian public servants
研究哥伦比亚公务员如何内化透明度（将信息自由法视为工具性还是内在价值），发现工具性理解增加举报腐败行为的可能性，对公共部门培训有启示。
This paper analyzes the relationship between transparency and corruption by asking how public servants’ internalization of transparency affects their actions against corruption. This study operationalizes transparency through the Colombian Freedom of Information – law (FOI-law) to measure whether public servants interpret transparency as instrumental or as intrinsically valuable. It uses the 2019 Colombian Employee Viewpoint Survey; logistic regressions show that individuals’ understanding of FOI-law as instrumental increases the likelihood of reporting corrupt practices in public organizations. This paper raises questions regarding how public employees are being trained in transparency and adjusting their behaviours accordingly.