Crossword clues for accountability
accountability
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Accountability \Ac*count`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to
render an account; the obligation to bear the consequences
for failure to perform as expected; accountableness. ``The
awful idea of accountability.''
--R. Hall.
Syn: answerability, answerableness
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1770, from accountable + -ity. Earlier was accountableness (1660s).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness; responsible for; answerable for. 2 (context military English) The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
WordNet
n. responsibility to someone or for some activity [syn: answerability, answerableness]
Wikipedia
AccountAbility is an independent, global, not-for-profit organisation promoting accountability, sustainable business practices and corporate responsibility. It is a self-managed partnership, governed by its multi-stakeholder network.
AccountAbility was established in London, United Kingdom in 1995 with the stated aim to “develop new tools, thinking and connections that enable individuals, institutions and alliances to respond better to global challenges”. The organization has offices in London, New York, Washington D.C., Johannesburg, São Paulo and Beijing.
AccountAbility's work is closely related to the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) field.
Usage examples of "accountability".
When Bennett criticized the National Education Association as an obstacle to accountability, I said I thought the NEA was doing better on that score and reminded him that Al Shanker, leader of the other big teachers union, the American Federation of Teachers, supported both accountability and values education.
He used his authority carefully, to eliminate potential rivals or, as in the case of the Anabaptist just fed to the flames, people who might ask questions or demand government accountability.
The drivers are furnished with bills for the amounts to be collected on the parcels, and they are held to a rigid accountability for the delivery of every parcel entrusted to them, and the collection of all moneys due on them.
The one treats of matter, its physical properties, and chemical composition, the other of thoughts and intentions which involve right and wrong, relating to spiritual accountability.
The doctrine of individual freedom before the state is due to the Christian religion, which asserts the dignity and worth of every human soul, the accountability to God of each man for himself, and lays it down as law for every one that God is to be obeyed rather than men.
Your question about inherited predispositions, as limiting the sphere of the will, and, consequently, of moral accountability, opens a very wide range of speculation.
Given the awesome responsibilities she had as the commanding officer of one of the more strategically important starbases in the quadrant, accountability for so little came as a relief.
If I felt at all confused at that early time in endeavouring to reconcile anything he said with anything I had thought about the duties and accountabilities of life (which I am far from sure of), I was confused by not exactly understanding why he was free of them.
If I felt at all confused at that early time, in endeavouring to reconcile anything he said with anything I had thought about the duties and accountabilities of life (which I am far from sure of), I was confused by not exactly understanding why he was free of them.
You need a small group or an accountability Partner who will encourage you, support you, pray for you, love you unconditionally, and hold you accountable.
The inspectors of internal revenue who were found to obstruct the accountability of the institution, have been discontinued.
Also, any event like this one attracted all sorts of conspiracy theories and minority reports, offered by whistle-blower clubs, accountability hobbyists, solitary paranoiacs, autonomous whatif agents or wandering yesbut avatars.
In Bosnia, these efforts included modernizing agriculture, reviving and reforming education, restoring health care (including by rebuilding hospitals and modernizing equipment and practices), repairing infrastructure, building and repairing housing, restoring sanitation and sewage services, restructuring and reforming the police force, establishing the rule of law, training lawyers and judges, building political parties, promoting transparency and accountability in governance, restoring and modernizing the energy sector, promoting the adoption of international standards of accounting, developing a regulatory banking system, privatizing industry, creating capital markets for investment, providing loans for the start-up of new companies, and building an independent media and other political institutions.
By implementing systems that raise accountability among employees and offer incentives for good performance, we drastically motivated our team and took them all for a wild ride down the corporate restructuring path.