individual accountability
One person's answerability
Individual accountability is the principle that each person bears responsibility for their own actions, decisions, and outcomes.
In organizational contexts, it means specific duties are assigned to specific people who can be held answerable for results: The new policy established individual accountability for each team member's deliverables.
The concept often contrasts with diffused or collective responsibility, where no one person can be singled out when things go wrong.
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- culpabilityDeserving blame for wrongdoing
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- moral compassInner ethical guidance system
liability · buck stops here · conscience · competence · self-regulation · trustworthiness · diligence · due process · dependability · good standing · answerability · face the music · morality · ethical reasoning · character · code of conduct · agency · skin in the game
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Shared blame among members
collective blame · joint responsibility · shared blame · corporate responsibility · communal responsibility
individual accountabilityimpunity
Freedom from consequences
unaccountability · blamelessness · plausible deniability · immunity · lack of accountability
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