Accountability

In ethics and governance, accountability is answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and the expectation of account-giving. As in an aspect of governance, it has been central to discussions related to problems in the public sector, nonprofit and private (corporate) and individual contexts. In leadership roles, accountability is the acknowledgment and assumption of responsibility for actions, products, decisions, and policies including the administration, governance, and implementation within the scope of the role or employment position and encompassing the obligation to report, explain and be answerable for resulting consequences. In governance, accountability has expanded beyond the basic definition of "being called to account for …

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WRI: World Resources Institute · 7 October 2023 English

This paper discusses WRI India Ross Center’s experience working in Bengaluru in order to understand the results of its deep engagement through the Sustainable Cities program. It captures a decade …

governance challenges, and unclear power and accountability hierarchies has hampered decision-making and processes, have resulted in unclear power and accountability hierarchies (see Figure 11). The 74th Constitutional


The Conference Board · 29 September 2023 English

• Experts worry about the impact of repayments on the national economy as well as the ability of borrowers to pay, in particular because more than half of borrowers have …

qualifying payments. Beyond this, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently found that ED failed


ACAPS · 29 September 2023 English

Syrian organisations to monitoring, and evaluation of their own change processes, improving the accountability deliver and implement the project, and these responders struggled to obtain the standard of the

majority of displaced people came from other areas accountability towards the affected populations, imbalance providing technical support, coordination, and accountability for LNGOs and health risks, such as scabies of their own change processes, improving the accountability deliver and implement the project, and these learning among local responders, as well as accountability towards affected strengthening offerings available responsiveness, relevance, social cohesion, accountability towards Strong leadership also reduces corruption


ACAPS · 29 September 2023 English

An effective and appropriate humanitarian response depends on looks at the information landscape in Ethiopia, assesses the quality, reliability, the production of high-quality data and analyses, with organisations facing challenges …

Property Working Group; and the Inter-Agency Accountability Commission (EDRMC) performs key roles in the


LibMod: Zentrum Liberale Moderne · 29 September 2023 English

UKRAINE AND US: What does the Russian Aggression Mean for Europe? I N V I T A T I O N C O N F E R E N C …

Parallel Discussion Forums 15:00 16:30 | FORUM 1A Accountability for War Crimes: International Rule-Based Order


Canadian Council of Professional Engineers · 29 September 2023 French

En raison de la taille relativement petite de l’échantillon de l’EPA et des exigences de la Loi sur la statistique, le niveau de détail disponible à partir de l’EPA est …

ca/longform- single/beyond-94 Calls to Action Accountability: A Status Update on Reconciliation. (17 décembre https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2019/12/17/calls-to-action-accountability-a-status-update-on-reconciliation Canadian


AFT: American Federation of Teachers · 28 September 2023 English

The math standards led the Testing has been improving during the 1990s and is way, emerging from the work of the National Council slowly being aligned to new and higher …

M ail Stop 04- dents from participation in accountability testing pro- R, Princeton, NJ 08541-0001 (609/734-5694) administrators, policymakers, ported as part of the accountability systems of the and the public. Testing used standardized tests for school/teacher control and accountability, The Council of Chief State School Officers in rigor intended? The use of such tests for accountability and quality, and they are often a work in progress their assessments were not sessment, used for accountability, or possibly for pro- yet aligned with standards


State of Nature Partnership · 27 September 2023 English

The UK, like most other countries worldwide, has experienced a significant loss of biodiversity. The trends in nature presented here cover, at most, 50 years, but these follow on from …

Statutory targets have been shown to increase accountability, drive action and embed cross-sector responses


CPI: Climate Policy Initiative · 27 September 2023 English

The decision-making flowchart helps readers explore how to align climate and business goals in service of climate initiatives, match the appropriate financial instrument to the innovation stage of the climate …

Internal carbon Companies seeking to embed carbon accountability into financial decision-making might implement


BBVP: Black British Voices · 27 September 2023 English

The Black British Voices Project (BBVP) was launched in March of 2020, bringing together a committed team from the media, consultancy, and the private sector who have worked with academic …

more effective data collection; ■ Inadequate accountability and responsibility at organisational and leadership


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