personal accountability
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpersonalandaccountability
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personal
adjective
uk/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/
relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or ...
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accountability
noun[U]
uk/əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/əˌkaʊn.t̬əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the fact of being responsible for what you do and able to give a satisfactory reason for it, or the degree to which ...
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(Definition ofpersonalandaccountabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Paradoxically, this "macroethics" is so expansive as to render everybody responsible somehow, without providing any context forpersonalaccountability.
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The entire process lacks any clear approach orpersonalaccountability.
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That brings me finally to the question ofpersonalaccountability.
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The second major feature of executive agencies was the development of 'accountability processes which included performance targets and a chief executive withpersonalaccountabilityfor performance' (p. 76).
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The report mentioned the importance of both simplifying financial administration and clarifyingpersonalaccountability.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Power and responsibility must be devolved downwards andpersonalaccountabilityclarified.
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The downward devolution of responsibility and power should continue, as should the clarification ofpersonalaccountability.
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The matter ofpersonalaccountabilitymust be clarified and the power of decision-making delegated downwards in the organisation.
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At the same time, it clarifiespersonalaccountabilityfor administration and facilitates comparison of the efficiency of different administrative branches.
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We are very anxious to get an element ofpersonalaccountabilitywritten into the clause dealing with penalties.
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The band also placed a heavy emphasis onpersonalaccountability.
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The proponents of self-ownership, as we have seen, gave meaning to their claims in terms of independent volition,personalaccountability, and the desire for recompense in spiritual and material goods.
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Those standards are underpinned by thepersonalaccountabilityof practitioners and by systems to deal with individuals whose continuing practice represents an unacceptable risk.
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They create a basis for the clarification ofpersonalaccountability, taking responsibility and the creation of activity-based budgeting and management.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This is a complete package of reforms intended to boost administrative efficiency, promote the downward delegation of authority, and clarifypersonalaccountability.
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One of our key priorities is financial management reform to ensure better lines of responsibility andpersonalaccountabilityat all levels and to improve transparency.
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Personalaccountabilityis diminished, as individual contributions are less recognizable in a group. 2.
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But the globalization ofpersonalaccountabilityis now catching up with the globalization of personal power.
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Personalaccountabilitydrawing the attention to ones own performance and contribution in a group also did not reduce collaborative inhibition.
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He inspires audiences to create big goals and announce them publicly and in turn creatingpersonalaccountability.
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This term defines both the dissociation from individual achievement and the decrease ofpersonalaccountability, resulting in lower exerted effort for individuals in collaborative environments.
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He criticised the detachment headquarters because it had no division of functions and there was nopersonalaccountabilityamong its members.
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Both works imply that a sober acceptance ofpersonalaccountabilityis necessary in order to effect an increase in the degree of freedom of the individual.
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