collective responsibility

collocation in English

meaningsofcollectiveandresponsibility

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collective
adjective[before noun]
uk
/kəˈlek.tɪv/us
/kəˈlek.tɪv/
of or shared by every member of a group ...
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responsibility
noun
uk
/rɪˌspɒn.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/rɪˌspɑːn.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
something that it is your job or duty to ...
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(Definition ofcollectiveandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcollective responsibility

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Although they held the view that the individual is responsible, participants also supportedcollectiveresponsibilityfor later life.
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The eruption of the border war stoked the old fears of survival, and revived the sense ofcollectiveresponsibilitynurtured for half a century.
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An alternative model of welfare would draw oncollectiveresponsibilitythrough the state.
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Charitable donations and foundations helped to balance individual wealth withcollectiveresponsibility.
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While the documents make clear that matrilineages were the first to suffer,collectiveresponsibilityreached far beyond this group.
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Iscollectiveresponsibilitythe same as individual responsibility?
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Ministers must maintaincollectiveresponsibility, and being on the government's 'payroll' is clearly an incentive to loyalty.
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The issue is not therefore about responsibility versus irresponsibility but about the most appropriate balance between individual responsibility andcollectiveresponsibility.
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Such rhetoric highlights 'collectiveresponsibility' and 'duty of care'; for some, these attributes appear embedded in welfare state institutions.
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Current political trends are however characterised by moves to replacecollectiveresponsibilitywith individual responsibility.
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Thus, dealing with individual loss caused due to service in the name of this goal was regarded as acollectiveresponsibility.
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Ultimately, however, it is the second route that offers the strongest hopes for the emergence ofcollectiveresponsibilityover transnational commons.
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In practice to date, however, it seems that collective guilt andcollectiveresponsibilityare being increasingly invoked in support of collective reparation.
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Throughout their accounts, the participants linked individual behaviour tocollectiveresponsibility, particularly with regard to health.
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Further attention is given over to the moral significance ofcollectiveresponsibilityon individual actions.
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This is a summary of a very long text, which actually goes on withcollectiveresponsibilityand other harsh laws.
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These actions increased the burden on other villagers who, because of the principle ofcollectiveresponsibility, became responsible for additional dues.
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Individuals are takingcollectiveresponsibilityfor their welfare rather than individual responsibility.
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Collectiveresponsibility, on the other hand, allows for less individual freedom/'choice' but is less risky for everyone and can be less regressive.
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It is perhaps on the point of experiencing collective guilt and acknowledgingcollectiveresponsibility that we begin to experience appropriate moral maturity.
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