accountability

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A0044200 (ə-koun′tə-bəl)adj.1. Expected or required to account for one's actions; answerable. See Synonyms at responsible.2. Capable of being explained: an accountable phenomenon.

ac·count′a·bil′i·ty, ac·count′a·ble·ness n.ac·count′a·bly adv.

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(əˌkaʊn təˈbɪl ɪ ti)

n. 1. the state of being accountable, liable, or answerable. 2. a policy of holding public officials or other employees accountable for their actions and results: a need for greater accountability in the school system. [1785–95]

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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. See also responsibility.

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accountability - responsibility to someone or for some activityanswerability, answerablenessresponsibleness, responsibility - a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility"

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noun responsibility, liability, culpability, answerability, chargeability an impetus towards democracy and greater accountability

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RechenschaftVerantwortlichkeitresponsabilidadcorrespondanceresponsabilisation

accountability

[ah-kown″tah-bil´ĭ-te] responsibility for one's own actions; this is a principle of professional practice that is obligatory for health care providers.

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Ethics The extent to which a person is answerable to a higher authority
Medspeak
(1) A condition in which individuals who exercise power are constrained by external means and internal norms. Doctors and health professionals are accountable before the law, the Hippocratic Oath, peers, patients, and grant-giving agencies (if they do research), to the public, insurance carriers, and government agencies.
(2) Taking responsibility for one’s own actions and defending them to anyone who asks (e.g. to stakeholders, the general public, colleagues, partner agencies and policy makers). Organisational accountability includes the statutory responsibility of the NHS and Social Services Department in the UK.

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A condition in which individuals who exercise power are constrained by external means and internal norms Medical ethics The extent to which a person is answerable to a higher authority

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Accountability

The responsibility of the person or organization responsible for a task to take credit for all positive outcomes and blame for all negative outcomes. Accountability is desirable in finance and economics because it promotes efficiency. See also: Transparency.

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an employee's RESPONSIBILITY for the exercise of certain duties and the requirement to report to his superiors on his performance of them. In recent years, many managers have attempted to strengthen lines of accountability so as to achieve improvements in the job performance of their subordinates.

One approach to this has been th creation of PROFIT CENTRES. The profit performance of these subunits of the organization can be closely monitored by organizational leaders, thereby increasing the accountability of those working in the profit centres. In so far as creation of profit centres involves a measure of decentralization of decision-making, decentralization of responsibility and AUTHORITY can be coupled with increased accountability. See MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION.

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noun responsibility

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noun responsibility to someone or for some activity

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