community responsibility
Collective civic duty
Community responsibility is the obligation individuals or groups feel toward the well-being of their shared community—maintaining public spaces, supporting neighbors, participating in local governance.
The phrase implies that belonging to a community carries duties beyond self-interest: Community responsibility means shoveling your sidewalk so others can pass safely.
It often appears in discussions of civic engagement, neighborhood associations, and corporate citizenship.
- votingFormally registering a choice
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- inclusionBeing made part
- mutual aidCooperative community support
- giving backContributing to others' welfare
lending a hand · good neighbor · block party · fair trade · sustainability · conservation · welfare · empathy · civic education · advocacy · recycling · job creation · public service · accessibility · shared spaces · activism · collective action · volunteerism
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Duty for one's own actions
personal responsibility · self-reliance · personal liability
community responsibilityselfishness
Excessive concern for oneself
every man for himself · self-interest · individualism · egoism · looking out for number one
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