From your first paragraph, I thought you were about to turn this question toward something a bit different about the issue of transparency into institutions. F

From your first paragraph, I thought you were about to turn this question toward something a bit different about the issue of transparency into institutions. For instance, why, after say a time period t (set by reasoning about the particular context, allowing for the maintenance of competitive advantages, etc.), shouldn't people outside of an institution be able to see internal records of how decisions (and thus perhaps very important mistakes or triumphs) were made? Surely the information has utility to the public, if only for historical reasons. If an institution is unwilling to allow that, then hypocrisy threatens when they would deny individuals in other institutions (even if it is just a social discussion group) the same right to privacy about how internal affairs are conducted.