civic responsibility
Community member's obligations
Civic responsibility is the duty citizens have to participate in and contribute to their community and government.
It encompasses voting, jury service, staying informed about public issues, obeying laws, and engaging in activities that strengthen democratic institutions: Voting is a basic civic responsibility.
The term implies obligations that come with the benefits of citizenship.
- votingFormally registering a choice
- voter registrationSigning up for elections
- local electionsContests for regional office
- paying taxesSubmitting owed revenue
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
community service · giving back · social capital · grassroots organizing · town hall meetings · human rights advocacy · neighborhood watch · public participation · recycling initiatives · lobbying · petitioning · conservation efforts · stewardship · social justice · fair labor practices · civil discourse · political discourse · public service
- civicsballot, election, ballots, Bill of Rights, branches of government
- civic lifevoting, public participation, elections, census, town council
- civic engagementvoting, public participation, participatory democracy, democratic participation, democratic accountability
- youth civicsyouth activism, youth vote, student activism, student voting, youth empowerment
- moral educationmoral education, moral instruction, character education, moral development, moral lessons
- Burning Manplaya, burners, art installations, gifting, decommodification
civic responsibilityself-interest
Concern for personal advantage
selfishness · egoism · individualism · greed · narcissism
civic responsibilitypolitical apathy
Indifference to governance
voter apathy · social withdrawal · tuning out · disengagement · indifference
civic responsibilitydereliction of duty
Willful failure at responsibilities
negligence · shirking · freeloading · free riding · lawlessness