Transparency as a Means of Preventing Corruption in Public Administration
The paper examines the issue of transparency as a tool for preventing corruption in public administration. The analysis is conducted by analysing the causes of the phenomenon and its main economic and social effects, in the decision-making processes of the public administration. Furthermore, the work focuses on the analysis of the main international legislative experiences and, in particular, the Italian one, which demonstrate the emergence of ‘transparency rights’ in order to curb administrative mismanagement behaviour (not only offences) and encourage virtuous behaviour.