What Is Responsibility And Accountability?

Compare And Contrast Between

Responsibility And Accountability.
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Definition Of
Responsibility
And
Accountability
 RESPONSIBILITY
Oxford Dictionary (2020)

• A duty to deal with or take care of something /somebody,

so that you may be blamed if something goes off.
• A moral duty to do something or to help or take care of
somebody because of your job, position, etc.
 RESPONSIBILITY
Cambridge Dictionary (2020)

• To be in a position of authority over someone and to have

a duty to make certain that particular things are done.
• To have a duty to work for or help someone who is in a
position of authority over you.
 ACCOUNTABILITY

• DELEGATION OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ORGANISING ACTIVITIES IN A CERTAIN MANNER OR

PRODUCING SPECIFIC RESULTS (THURLOW, 2009)
• ABLE TO GIVE A SATISFACTORY REASON FOR THE ACTION TAKEN (CAMBRIDGE, 2020)
Compare and Contrast of
Responsibility
and
Accountability
 Responsibility Accountability
While being responsible always has other Accountability always assumes a prior
persons in mind, the focus of meaning is upon the responsibility for we always lay out what we
individual’s effort, duty and obligation. expect before we can lay out what the
consequences will be for failure to meet the
expectations

We call someone responsible when we judge the Refers to how the individual will be judged and
person’s motives, intentions, and carefulness with thus either rewarded or punished
respect to the task

Responsibility: “I’ll do it.” Accountability: “I’ll pay a price if I don’t do it

right.”

A sense of obligation and commitment. Accepting personal liability for one’s actions,
accepting one’s action and the consequences.