Investigating transparency and trust in blockchain as a tool for modern management

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Payam Noori Doabi ¹ , Fraydoon Rahnamay Roodposhti ² , hamidreza kordlouie ³

1 - PhD student in Accounting, Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management and Economics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
2 - استادProfessor, Department of Finance and Accounting, Faculty of Management and Economics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
3 - Assistant professor and member Azad University Branch

Received: 2024-05-21 Accepted : 2024-06-17 Published : 2024-06-19

Keywords: Transparency, self-transparency, Blockchain, Trust, Assurance.,

Abstract :

Transparency and trust are two related and fundamental concepts and praiseworthy myths that arose from the will and necessity of societies. They have been the center of many demands and disputes in the past. In this regard, blockchain technology is a new type of innovative technology that provides a platform of empowerment and social databases without intermediaries and guarantees. Blockchain documents and configures our understanding of social realities and narrative structures that emerge from the field of abstract action. A consistent phenomenological perspective on the nature and architecture of blockchain makes it possible to demonstrate a transparent and reliable transformative ecosystem. And it provides new insights compared to what we know as reality. Based on this, this research has been done in response to the existence of transparency and trust in blockchain technology. The aim of this research is to increase knowledge and fill the knowledge gap, and it seeks to discover and explain the semantic myths arising from the ethical and social demands hidden in blockchain technology. For this purpose, with the method of content analysis and theoretical generalization, he has monitored and coded global experiences and studies resulting from documentary and library methods using Atlas.ti software. Finally, it has explained, drawn, and structured the conceptual approach and its model. The results of this research show that blockchain creates complete transparency and trust due to its nature, capacity, and capabilities. Therefore, transparency and trust are two potential myths in blockchain that can become actual.

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