shared responsibility
Mutual duty bearing
Shared responsibility is the principle that multiple parties bear obligation for an outcome, rather than placing burden on one alone.
The term appears in policy discussions—healthcare costs, environmental protection, workplace safety—where success requires contribution from governments, institutions, and individuals alike.
Climate action demands shared responsibility among nations.
In everyday contexts, it often signals that blame or credit shouldn't fall to a single person: Raising kids is a shared responsibility.
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- all hands on deckEveryone must participate
- mutual aidCooperative community support
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
group project · partnership · co-parenting · joint custody · stewardship · accountability · solidarity · common good · interdependence · skin in the game · co-ownership · transparency · delegation · collective action · fairness · consensus-building · coordination · reciprocity
- dutiesduty, task, obligation, moral obligation, ethical duty
- collectivismcollectivism, commune, collective, hivemind, herd mentality
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- teamworkteamwork, co-op mode, collaborate, team games, assists
- shared thingsshared space, shared ride, shared kitchen, shared bathroom, shared office
- unityunite, bond, solidarity, cooperation, togetherness
shared responsibilityindividual responsibility
Duty for one's own actions
personal responsibility · individual accountability · personal liability
shared responsibilityunaccountability
Absence of obligation to explain
buck-passing · bystander effect · finger-pointing · irresponsibility · plausible deniability
shared responsibilitysolo effort
unilateral action · going it alone · self-reliance · rugged individualism