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Accountability

In ethics and governance, accountability is equated with answerability, culpability, liability, and the expectation of account-giving.

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History and etymology

Political accountability

Non-electoral

Accountability and corruption

Police accountability

Organizational

In education

Media and accountability

Standards

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Accountability

Nodes69
Edges68
Triples252
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
Components1

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Accountability

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related to Further reading · 73
Accountability → Advisers, Age, Alan, American Review, April, Authentic, Berlin, Bovens, Bureaucracy, Business, Business Media, Cambridge University Press, Characterising Responsibility, Christopher, Citizenship, Complex Organisations, Computer Science, David, Dennis, Deontic Logic
see also · 28
Accountability → Accountability Office, Bank's Inspection Panel, Book, Concept, Efforts, Ethical, Framework, Global, Governance Indicators, Independent, International, Legal, Loyalty, Loyalty Model, Measurement, Performing, Person, Practice, Process, Public Life
related to Accountability and corruption · 17
Accountability → Alberto Fujimori's, As, Corrupt, Corruption, Documentation, Economic, For, Freedom, Ghana, However, In, Information, Peru, Political, Scholarly, There, This
related to Media and accountability · 16
Accountability → Besley, Brazilian, Burgess, Congressmen, Control, Econometric, Ferraz, Finan, Greater, In, Non-democratic, One, They, US, When, While
related to Civil societies · 15
Accountability → Additionally, At, China, Constituency Development Fund, CSO, CSOs, In, In Ghana, In Uganda, NGOs, One, Solidarity, The, These, When
related to history · 10
Accountability → Ancient Egypt, Babylon, English, Greece, Israel, Latin, Norman England, Rome, The, While
related to Public and private overlap · 10
Accountability → Anne Davies, Blackwater, Britain, Iraq, Legal, Nisour Square, She, United Kingdom, United States, With
related to Individuals within organizations · 9
Accountability → Another, Because, Dennis, If, It, One, This, Thompson, Various
related to Ethical · 7
Accountability → Also, Debates, Norma, Researcher, Romm, Social Research, Within
related to In education · 7
Accountability → As, Education, Measurement, National Council, NCME, Student, Test

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public accountable political politicians citizens responsibility government elections voters may incumbent electoral goods corruption media performance hold also governance increase

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Accountabilityis aacknowledgment of and assumption of responsibility for actions0.90text
Accountabilityis aelement of a responsibility assignment matrix which indicates who is ultimately answerable for the correct and thorough completion of a deliverable or task0.90text
administrationinstance ofand policies0.80text
governanceinstance ofand policies0.80text
and implementationinstance ofand policies0.80text
including the obligation to reportinstance ofand policies0.80text
justifyinstance ofand policies0.80text
and be answerable for resulting consequences.In governanceinstance ofand policies0.80text
accountability has expanded beyond the basic definition ofinstance ofand policies0.80text
famine relief or access to drinking waterinstance ofThis attribution can be enhanced by more short-run and visible inputs and outcomes0.80text
whereas lower-visibility issues such as sanitationinstance ofThis attribution can be enhanced by more short-run and visible inputs and outcomes0.80text
education may be more difficult to attribute credit forinstance ofThis attribution can be enhanced by more short-run and visible inputs and outcomes0.80text

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