Transparency of information of federal universities: study of management reports in light of governance principles

Authors

  • Luzia Zorzal Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES
  • Georgete Medleg Rodrigues Universidade de Brasília - UnB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2015.253

Keywords:

Transparency, Governance, Federal universities, Management reports, Public Sector

Abstract

This article is based on a doctoral research in Information Science which examines to what extent Management Reports of Federal Universities meet the governance principles established for the public sector, according to national and international guidelines. It is exploratory, descriptive, qualitative research whose interpretation of the data it is anchored on content analysis. It has as universe the 63 Brazilian federal universities, of which those that were ranked at the top of Ranking Webometrics, in each of the five geographic regions were selected. Results show that the five analyzed universities do not reach a high transparency level. Two universities ranked in the medium-high level and three in medium-low level. The compliance with principles of good governance on the Management Reports of these universities is still insufficient to achieve the highest level of transparency. The data show that to improve this profile to increase the active transparency under Brazilian law on access to information and the dissemination of information needs to be timely, with clarity and accuracy implanting good governance practices is necessary. Such initiative could mitigate informational asymmetry and democratize the relationship between State and citizens.

Author Biographies

Luzia Zorzal, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES

Doutoranda em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB) com bolsa Capes. Mestre em Ciências Contábeis pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV-RJ (1993). Pós-graduação lato sensu em Administração Universitária pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES (1987), Graduação em Ciências Contábeis pela Universidade Vila Velha - UVV (1982) e Graduação em Ciências Econômicas pela UFES (1979). Professora Adjunto IV da UFES onde leciona no Curso de graduação em Ciências Contábeis. Atua como avaliadora ad hoc do Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior (SINAES) do INEP/MEC, desde 2000. Atualmente se dedicando à área da Ciência da Informação com ênfase em disclosure, transparência, accountability, políticas, legislação e outros dispositivos normativos de controle da informação.

Georgete Medleg Rodrigues, Universidade de Brasília - UnB

Pós-doutorado na Université de Paris X (Département de sciences juridiques, administratives et politiques/Bibliothèque de Documentation Internationale Contemporaine-BDIC, Nanterre, França, 2008-2009). DEA (Diplôme d'études approfondies, 1992) e Doutorado (1998) em História, ambos pela Université de Paris (Paris IV-Sorbonne). Professora convidada da École Nationale des Chartes, Paris (fevereiro de 2011). Mestre em História pela Universidade de Brasília (1990). Graduada (bacharelado) em História pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP, 1982). Professora Associada I da Universidade de Brasília (UnB) onde leciona no Curso de graduação em Arquivologia e no Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência da Informação da Faculdade de Ciência da Informação (FCI). Temas de interesse sobre os quais tem publicado: Arquivos, Arquivologia, instituições arquivísticas e afins; Mediação cultural, comunicação e difusão de acervos; Políticas, legislação e outros dispositivos normativos e de controle da informação; Dimensões conceituais e tecnológicas do documento de arquivo; Informação e Memória. 

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Published

2016-03-14

How to Cite

Zorzal, L., & Rodrigues, G. M. (2016). Transparency of information of federal universities: study of management reports in light of governance principles. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (61), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2015.253

Issue

No. 61 (2015)

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Original

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