Institutional honesty is often compromised to preserve the status quo.

Evidence

“A lot of people want to protect their backside—and protect the institutional setting that they are still working for.” — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1134

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1134
• XREF: connects to: Secrecy suppresses knowledge, enforcing historical amnesia. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1085; Altered charges can distort the truth of the allegations. — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 2565; Transparency tools can paradoxically undermine democratic values. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 821 (+9 more)

Related

• Institutional intelligence narratives construct truth to serve political policy needs (similarity 0.83)
• Secrecy suppresses knowledge, enforcing historical amnesia. (similarity 0.80)

Library Connections

• Suppressing truth hinders personal and social development. #complicates (0.75) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 642

Broader Connections

• Colonial archives hide a hierarchy of credibility weighing whose witness counted. #exemplifies (0.80)
• Altered charges can distort the truth of the allegations. #exemplifies (0.75) — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 2565
• Transparency tools can paradoxically undermine democratic values. #expands (0.65) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 821
• Institutionalizing a critical field can strip it of political meaning #exemplifies (0.60)
• Cross-colonial analogies built and eroded credibility through administrative restorage. #exemplifies (0.50)