It's not a standard across the board, but I've found academic institutions to be more honest about their technological mistakes (outside of large-scale breaches) than the private sector.
I worked at a company for several years that provided software to the IT groups in the higher ed vertical. What I found is there are two types of people in higher-ed IT (and they often congregate at different campuses):
First are the people who believe in the mission. They are really good, and are willing to take a cut in pay for some combination of social good, great working environment, etc. These kinds of people tend to be forthright about problems.
The second group are people who would struggle with the demands of the normal corporate world. They are getting paid less in higher ed and are worth what they are getting paid.
When I was in college, I worked for the IT department. While there's politics and bullshit no matter where you go, the politics and bullshit in Ed IT was not that noticeable where I was.
Furthermore, the profs were always happy to see me coming because I fixed their broken stuff without pointing any fingers.
