Accountability
* also applies in the domain of academic production
  - gives people redress over decisions which are unjust or damaging
  - implies a high level of transparency over monetary policy decisions
* amplifies the status quo effect when change creates victims.
* begins when a child is able to reason and discern right from wrong.
* can be therapeutic to one's soul.
* central theme of honest communication.
* comes from relationships and responsibility
  - through election of judges by the people
  - with a price tag the state has been more willing than ever to pay
* commitment and a value that drives our whole organization.
* contemporary watchword in higher education.
* critical component of good governance and a touchstone in all organizations.
* defines the responsibilities of users, operations staff, and management.
* demands disclosure and explanation of the process of decision making.
* focuses upon the issues and needs of others.
* foundational principle of reparation.
* has a diversity of dimensions
  - nothing to do with personal behavior
* holds officials responsible for their actions.
* includes all areas of budgeting, planning and forecasting expenditures.
* includes the responsibility for self-examination of one s internalized beliefs
  - stewardship of funds, time and other resources
* is about blame and judgement
  - voting and attending and serving and asking questions
* is also an issue multinational corporations face
  - increasingly important in the delivery of services by the private sector
  - an essential element of effective management
* is an important aspect of teacher training
  - organizational attribute measured through the accreditation process
  - part of any democracy
* is an outgrowth of community and of relationship
  - community, of relationship
  - another basic when it comes to government spending
  - associated with delegated authority and is distinct from responsibility
* is based on accepting responsibility and repairing the harm done
  - public information and knowledge
  - central to leadership in an academic setting
  - critical in any field, but especially in education
  - essential to improving education for all children
  - focused primarily on student achievement
  - holding a person responsible
  - inseparable from democracy
* is key in education today
  - to achieving good outcomes
  - measured by results
  - more than salaries, training, time spent at work or benefits
* is one of the most important aspects of state insurance regulation
  - traits that employers value most in employees
  - ways in which society learns
  - the keys to enhancing the participation of parents in education
  - part of what forecasting is all about
  - simply the process of closing the loop
  - something that public education has shied away from
* is the ability to connect security related events to the originator
  - cornerstone of America's participatory democracy
  - correct, and effectual basis of a free and civilized society
  - essential aspect of true brotherhood
  - final act in the establishment of one's credibility
* is the foundation inherent to quality services for children with disabilities
  - of our freedom
  - stone that ensures high standards
  - key to determining the success of school counseling programs
  - linchpin of good management
  - mark of true responsibility
  - new savior of public schools
  - obligation to account for responsibilities conferred
  - process through which public knowledge is created
  - quantitative equivalent of an individual s willingness to be at risk
  - standard against which responsibility is measured
  - understanding and meeting of responsibilities
  - watchword of donors
  - willingness to step forward and be counted
  - thus the measure of responsibility
* is tied to the provision of knowledge
  - up with common morality, professional ethics and law
* is very important in the construction industry
  - when it comes to marketing
  - vital to responsible government
  - what parents, teachers, business leaders and taxpayers want from our schools
* key component of Australian democracy
  - role in our society
  - to public school success
* leads to responsibility.
* learning process.
* less strict relationship than discipleship, which has some similar traits.
* means answering to someone else for our actions
  - specifically registration of ownership
  - taking responsibility for acting on all the expressions of solidarity
* means that a person's actions are in line with what they say
  - the voters can see the actions of incumbents
* means the capacity to call public officials to task for their actions
  - existence of a stan- dard
* measure of the entire instructional process.
* measures the responsibility for action and for the consequences of action.
* professional obligation.
* real and major issue with governments and foundations.
* requires figuring out who is accountable
  - that people communicate with one another and that translates into time
* resides less in individuals than in teams.
* state of responsiveness.
* true measure of commitment to one's profession and clients.
* two way street.
* two-way street.
* vital key to overcoming temptation and sin.
* way of correcting mistakes, abuses of power, incompetence and ignorance.
* works best when it is expressed in a relationship between two individuals.