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The Ministry of Transport in a country publishes a detailed annual report on how it spent its budget, the outcomes achieved and the decisions taken by senior officials, and makes board minutes available to citizens on request. Which public sector governance principle is most directly demonstrated?
The principle shown is transparency and openness. The ministry makes its spending, results and decision records available to citizens, allowing scrutiny by the public. This differs from efficiency, rule of law or personal integrity, which address resource use, legal authority and individual honesty respectively.
- ATransparency and opennessCorrect
- BEfficiency in resource use
- CRule of law
- DIntegrity of individual officials
Explanation
Publishing spending, outcomes and decisions and giving access to minutes is about making information available to stakeholders, which is openness or transparency. Efficiency concerns use of resources, rule of law concerns acting within legal powers, and integrity concerns personal honesty; none of these is the main point here.
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