This study examines the impact of price transparency—specifically the disclosure of cost breakdown—on brand attitudes and purchase intentions. The findings suggest that pricing transparency generally has a positive effect on attitudes and purchase intentions. However, pricing transparency might backfire, and thus reverse the effect, for luxury products originating from a high equity country (e.g., a fashion brand from Italy), but not for luxury and non-luxury products originating from a low equity country (e.g., a fashion brand from China). Luxury retailers in a high equity country should take extra caution before adopting price transparency

Prior studies have focused primarily on the issue of consumers’ privacy concerns in personalized advertising, but little is known about the effect of transparency awareness using data collection notifications on consumers. This study focuses on the relationship between consumers’ perceptions of the AI algorithms underlying online behavioral advertising (OBA) and the advertising effects. Our research model indicates that displaying data collection notifications regarding OBA and personalized ads increases favorable perceptions of AI systems, such as transparency. Moreover, the model suggests that personalized ads induce higher perceived surveillance than non-personalized ads.

인공지능을 적용한 상품이나 서비스가 빠르게 증가하고 있다. 한 연구에 따르면 전 세계적으로 인공지능 관련 시장은 향후 5년간 평균 30% 이 상으로성장할전망이다. 시장성장과함께 인공지 능이 우리 일상에 광범위하게 적용되는 것에 대 한 일반 시민의 걱정과 우려도 점증하고 있다. 단 순히 신기술 출현에 수반되는 기우라고 치부할 수만은 없다. 국내 이루다사건 및 해외 마이크로 소프트사 인공지능 채용시스템 사건 등을 통해서 인공지능을 적용한 상품 또는 서비스가 우리 사 회가 지키고자 하는 가치에 반하고 법률에도 위 반되는 결과를 초래할 수 있음이 드러났기 때문이다. 사회적 우려와 걱정에 대응하기 위해서 입법권 자들은 주로 알고리즘 투명성 강화 법안을 내놓 고 있다. 블랙박스와 같이 결론 도출 과정과 영향요소가 불분명한 인공지능을 해체하여 그 소스코 드를 공개하고 어떻게 특정 결론에 도출하였는지 를 공개하겠다는 것이다. 이런 법안은 막연한 우 려를 불식하는 데 효과가 있을 수 있지만 인공지 능 알고리즘이 우리 사회의 법과 가치를 지키도 록 보장하는 효율적인 방안이 아닐 수도 있다. 아 울러, 영업비밀 침해, 인공지능 시장에서 국제경 쟁력 저하 등 의도치 않은 부작용 역시 낳을 수 있다. 미국, EU 등 선진국의 선행 사례와 알고리즘 투명성 요건의 본질적 한계를 고려할 때 모든 인 공지능 알고리즘에 대해서 일률적인 투명성 요건 을 적용하기보다는 산업별 위험수준에 따라 비례 적인 투명성 요건을 적용하는 것이 합리적인 대 안일것으로보인다. 인공지능의오판단으로인해 침해될 수 있는 가치가 중하거나, 그러한 가능성 이 상대적으로 큰 산업군에 적용하는 인공지능 알고리즘에 대해서는 높은 수준의 투명성을; 위 험이나 가능성이 낮은 산업군에 대해서는 상대적 으로 유연한 투명성을 요구하는 것이다. 이를 실 현하기 위해서 모든 인공지능 사업자 또는 서비 스 제공자로 하여금 알고리즘을 설계하고 구동하 는 데 있어 반영하는 모든 요소와 요인 그리고 그 과정을 항상 기록할 수 있도록 하고, 그 기록을 정해진 기간 동안 보관하여 필요시 철저한 평가 가 가능할 수 있도록 해야 할 것이다.

In recent years, maintaining transparency has become a trend among brands, and a better level of supply chain transparency has been demonstrated to positively affect consumer environmental concern and conscious behavior. Consumers may accept transparency efforts as a signal of the brand goodwill and perceive it as a visibly sustainable effort that can convert brand trust. In the information transparency trend, eco-certification plays an important role as a tool to inform consumers about sustainability. However, facing large amounts of information, consumers spend much time filtering information, so the accuracy of the obtained information can be compromised. The Higg index is a sustainable verification platform that reveals the entire activities of supply chains. However, most consumers are facing an overload of information that could confuse their processing of any information. In this context, the present study seeks to examine the effect of business transparency to conscious consumer behavior and purchase intention. Second, this study deals with the moderating effects of sustainable knowledge on the relationship between business transparency, environmental concern, and brand trust. Third, we explore the effects of high and low level of consume knowledge of sustainability on the relationship between business transparency and brand trust. In terms of the methodology used in the present study, an off-line survey of Korean consumers was conducted. SPSS 21.0 was used for data analysis aiming to test the proposed model and research hypothesis. The mains results of this study are as follows. First, business transparency has a positive effect on environmental concern, brand trust, and consumer willingness to conscious behavior. Second, consumer sustainable knowledge has a moderating effect on business transparency for environmental concern and brand trust. Taken together, the findings of the present study provide meaningful implications for marketers by highlighting the importance of transparency and introduction of a transparent eco-certification for communication with consumers. To successfully influence consumer willingness to assume conscious behavior, brands are advised to provide standardized transparency labels, rather than complicated information.

The twenty-first century has been shaped by various catastrophes and scandals of companies which negatively influence the consumers’ perception of the firm. As a result, consumers nowadays are more skeptic and expect transparent information from companies such as details on product origin, labor standards and environmental aspects. Companies can profit from greater transparency on an organizational level through the improved interaction with their employees and business partners (Parris et al., 2016). Hultman and Axelsson (2007) propose that increased transparency by a company could have not only positive, but also negative results. Furthermore, consumers, too, are expected to participate in change towards more societal responsibility (Vitell, 2015). Thus, the purpose of this research is to investigate the influence of a) relevant types of corporate transparency and b) potential consequences on consumer attitudes and behavior such as perceived credibility, skepticism and purchase intention that can lead to consumer responsibility. This research applied a mixed-methods design in the context of the fashion industry. The findings of Study 1 (in-depth interviews) indicate that the two most relevant types of corporate transparency are supply chain transparency and cost transparency. In Study 2 (scenario-based experiment), these two types of transparency were tested for their effects on credibility and skepticism. Building on Information Processing Theory of Consumer Choice, the experiment showed that corporate transparency has a positive influence on the perceived credibility of a company and thereby decreases consumer skepticism. In contrast, it doesn’t have an influence on the consumer’s felt responsibility. Moreover, corporate transparency has a positive influence on the consumer’s responsible purchase intention. It is important to note, though, that the two types of transparency do not yield different results. In other words, as long as a company provides more infor-mation than commonly expected, e.g. on the production sites or on labor costs, perceived credibility of the company and, thus, consumers’ purchase intentions can be increased.

The Prep Com recommended in July that the UNGA initiate a negotiating conference on areas beyond national jurisdiction. It is widely expected to make such a decision. Then, the long haul negotiation will begin. The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea does not regulate marine genetic resources in areas beyond the national jurisdiction of States (BBNJ). Part XIII of the Convention could accommodate BBNJ research, but not its governance. The triangulation of three factors-the interim absence of an international framework for governance of BBNJ research, an indirect reference to this issue in the on-going BBNJ deliberations on access and benefit sharing and an interim laissez-faire attitude in BBNJ exploration and exploitation-leads to a need for transparency in governance of BBNJ research activities. To address this lacuna, a United Nations Register on BBNJ Research Activities is recommended, encouraging scientists from all regions including Asia to engage in BBNJ research.

The 47th Session of the UNCITRAL finalized the draft Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration. It aims to provide a mechanism to allow the UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency to be applied to investment dispute arbitrations mandated by investment treaties concluded before April 1, 2014. This paper intends to examine these UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency and the draft Convention on Transparency. It is particularly in contrast with the relevant rules in the NAFTA, the U.S. Model BIT 2012 and the ICSID Rules 2006, to see if transparency can be enhanced in treaty-based investor-State arbitrations and to extrapolate the implications of the Rules on Transparency and the draft Convention for China’s strategy in BIT or FTA negotiations amid the trendy advancement of transparency standards.

This study was carried out to comparatively identify characteristics of turbid water influence in Imha Reservoir, Soyang Reservoir, and Daecheong Reservoir in Korea. We used 3 years dataset from 2002 to 2004 and analyzed seasonal water quality characteristics, particular parameters in association with turbidity, and light transparency to figure out the trends. All parameters to be used in the study were total phosphate (TP), total nitrogen (TN), chlorophyll-a (Chl), suspended solids (SS), Secchi depth (SD), conductivity, and vertical light extinction coefficienct (Kd), euphotic zone (Zeu), and critical depth (Zp). All parameters depend on season and watershed. Suspended solids from Soyang Reservoir were usually caused by TP, mainly related to living wastes and agricultures in upper stream. Daecheong Reservoir was influenced by organic matters related to large phytoplankton biomass in summer and inorganic suspended solids by nutrients in the winter. However, in case of Imha Reservoir, turbid water, consisted in silt and clay through heavy precipitation remained in the waterbody to decrease water transparency along with TP and caused the light limitation in winter. Overall results suggest that it was necessary to establish various management programs because the reasons occurring turbidity were varied according to the reservoir circumstances.

본 연구는 연구의 목적은 총질소(TN), 총인(TP), 엽록소(Chl), 투명도(SD)의 변수를 이용하여 호수의 영양상태(Trophic state)를 평가하였고, 전기전도도에 따르면 부유물질(SS)의 역동성을 비교 평가하여 총질소-엽록소(TN-Chl), 총인-엽록소(TP-Chl), 엽록소-투명도(Chl-SD)의 경험적 모델을 분석하였다. 호소의 영양상태 분석에 따르면, 36개 인공호 중 절반이상이 부영양-과영양화 상태 (Eutrophy-Hypertrop

Colin Rowe's 'Transparency' is one of core ideas applied to 20th Modern Architecture. It implies not only an optical characteristic, the perfectly clear, but also a broader spacial order, a simultaneous perception of different spacial locations. The former connected with physical attribute itself, and the latter deeply with the metaphorical idea of time, 'Simultaneity', embodying a new spacial quality. However, If we analyze the meaning of "Simultaneity" implicated in "Transparency" with the perspective of Henry Bergson's "Duration", there would be only little possibility as a solution to the problem of embodying a new spacial quality in architecture. As such a question emerging, this paper attempts to point out the problem of Colin Rowe's idea, "Simultaneity", and suggest a new architectural design method to overcome its inconsistency by interpretation and application of Bergson's "Image and Rhythm".

방사성폐기물 처분 연구 사업이 법률적인 인허가 뿐만이 아니라 일반 국민의 동의를 얻기 위해서는 처분 사업의 안전성에 대한 신뢰성 획득이 중요하며 이를 위해 투명하게 공개될 수 있는 종합 성능 평가 (TSPA, Total System Performance Assessment)의 수행 이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 처분 성능 평가의 투명성 증진을 위한 방안의 하나로 처분 종합 성능 평가 전 과정에 대해 품질 보증 원칙을 도입하여 평가 관련 전체 업무에 관한 신뢰성 향상을 꾀하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 처분 종합 성능 평가 수행의 다섯 단계인 (1) 기획, (2) 연구 수행 , (3) 문서화, (4) 내부 검토, (5) 독자적인 외부 검토 과정에 T2R3의 품질 보증 원칙을 적용한 인터넷 기반의 Cyber R&D Platform이 개발되었다. 인터넷을 기반으로 하는 본 시스템의 개발을 통해 안전성 평가 관련 모든 참여자들은 평가 전 과정에서 투명성이 유지된 데이터들에 쉽게 접근하여 이를 이용할 수 있다 Cyber R&D Platform은 안전성 평가를 위한 시나리오 개발 관련 데이터인 FEP 목록과 관련 시나리오 정보, 관련 시나리오 도출 과정 및 평가 체계 등을 체계적으로 구축한 FEAS (FEp to Assessment through Scenario development)프로그램과 안전성 평가에 필요한 입력 데이터들을 분류, 저장해 놓은 PAID (Performance Assessment Input Data) 프로그램, 그리고 이러한 자료들을 품질 보증 원칙과 절차에 의한 승인 과정을 통해 입력, 저장할 수 있는 품질 보증 시스템으로 구성되어 있으며 이를 통합 운영함으로써 도출된 데이터들의 신뢰성을 높이고자 하였다. 향후 연구에서는 Cyber R&D Platform과 평가 software와의 통합 운영으로 웹 기반 시스템에 대한 한 번의 접속만으로 안전성 평가 관련 모든 정보를 확인, 이용할 수 있도록 할 것이다.

The temporal variations of the transparency with water temperature, salinity and density during spring-neap tidal cycle of spring, summer, autumn and winter time were investigated at 34 stations using observation data in Deukryang Bay, Korea, in 1995. It was found that the transparency was depended on spread of tidal currents and vertical stratification of water. The depth of transparency during neap tide was deeper than that of spring tide. The value of transparency in summer was the largest among four seasons. We concluded that the vertical stratification intensity of water mass and vertical distribution of transparency.

silica의 precursor로 TMOS를 사용하여 autoclave 내에서 supersritical drying으로 투명한 TiO2-SiO2 이성분계 aerogle을 얻을 수 있었다. 반응성이 뛰어난 titanium alkoxide의 중축합반응을 억제할 수 있는 강한 산성 영역에서 투명한 Aerogel을 얻을 수 있었으며, 물을 직접 첨가하지 않고 silicon alkoxide의 축합반응의 부산물인 물을 이용하여 titanium alkoxide의 반응성을 제어했을 때 투명성이 더욱 증진되었다.

Information transparency ensures that market players all have the opportunity to access the same information to come up with their assessment of the banks’ financial situation, performance and risks to reach effective investment decisions. This research is conducted to investigate the levels of impact of determinants on information transparency by examining the case studies of Vietnamese commercial banks. This study combines both qualitative and quantitative research methods, based on interviews of 32 specialists in banking, accounting and auditing fields, which were conducted to explore determinants influencing information transparency and to develop measurement scales. Then, a survey of 160 managers of commercial banks, audit firms, and accounting managers of firms who frequently had transactions with banks was carried out to investigate the statistical significance of these determinants. The results show that, out of seven determinants that have significant impacts on the banks’ information transparency, commitment from banks’ senior management regarding transparency in information disclosure has the highest impact, followed by state governance, auditing, information infrastructure, credit rating agencies, personnel and bank performance. Accordingly, we provide some recommendations for improving information transparency in the Vietnamese banking industry context as a case study and in emerging countries context in general.