It s a two way street. The staff has probably been there longer. Let s assume that I m either a staff member or a board member and that I m interested in my organization s accountability. That s where these checklists would come in. A definition, please.
Good accountability measures the extent to which an organization is effective.
The presence of accountability systems in an organization provides confidence to the management and governance of the organization. Once we have that, it can then communicate with the public, funders, and others in an annual report or other public documents. It raises the confidence level of everyone in the organization. As I mentioned, there are three main elements of the accountability system. One is the dollars - of course that s the piece that funders would be most interested in.