# kaal:claim:3782214-013

**Claim.** Recording every action on a blockchain does not by itself defeat corruption, because more information does not ensure more productive collaboration; members must additionally be motivated to behave correctly and to police corrupt behavior.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- transparent ledgers without aligned incentives

**Source quote.**

> Just because we can cite every action from a company on a blockchain, however, does not mean we have conquered corruption. More information does not ensure more productive collaboration.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Governance* (2021), Decentralized governance with new IT tools, page 8

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Governance (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782214

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `ba892bb200c1455447c0014f5067a501a93ea9ec413c31942d95952eb3bdfd9d` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Decentralized%20Governance.pdf

**Failure mode.** transparency without incentives  (family: valuation-and-pricing-failure)

**Topics.** disclosure, risk-and-incentives, blockchain

**Keywords.** transparency, corruption, incentive-design, blockchain

**Related claims.**

- supersedes: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3396522-017

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