BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Responsibility
- the duty to conduct certain activities and be accountable for them to others
Wiktionary Definition for: Responsibility
- The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.
- Ex: '''''Responsibility''' is a heavy burden.''
- A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is responsible or accountable.
- Ex: ''Keeping this system under control is everyone's '''responsibility'''.''
- Ex: ''Why didn't you clean the house? That was your '''responsibility'''!''
- military The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility goes authority to direct and take the necessary action to ensure success. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).
- military The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).
Additional Resources
- Taking Responsibility, Changing the World
- I've gotten quite a few "check this out" e-mails from friends lately pointing to The Responsibility Project, an endeavor helmed by insurance company Liberty Mutual that purports to examine how people can effect change by taking more personal responsibility. Part of me is a little bit cynical...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Microsoft sends Danger signal by not taking full responsibility for Sidekick service failure
- By Joe Wilcox , Betanews Microsoft should be lauded for doing what days ago seem miraculous: The recovery of Sidekick service data lost sometime last week. But Microsoft has failed to take responsibility for the data disaster, in statements issued publicly and given to...
- News items 2009-10-15
- The Fuhrer Principle of International Law: Individual Responsibility and Collective Punishment
- Abstract: I offer here an extended Nietzschean joke: the necessity of error in the constitution of individual authority and communal power. Communities - the nation-state, religious communities, terrorist organizations - are arranged through a cultivation of error: mistaking causes for effects, assuming a...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The IdeaBridge White Paper Series: The Leadership Series: Responsibility for Results
- Many Leaders have the misguided notion that now that they've been promoted they've earned the right to relax. Many Leaders have the misguided notion that now that they've been promoted they've earned the right to relax. Leaders are responsible for results. Leaders achieve results differently than managers or task-oriented employees....
- White papers 2001-12-07
- Argumentative Themes In The Literature On Corporate Social Responsibility And Corporate Citizenship
- The quest for socially responsible business is a current organisational trend. One expression of this trend is the growing literature on Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Citizenship. In this paper, the author analyses what arguments are used to promote social responsibility and what arguments are used against that project. A...
- White papers 2003-08-14
- UKEN "Opinion". The Future for Producer Responsibility: Jeff Cooper, Producer Responsibility Policy Manager, Environment Agency for England and Wales.
- Extended producer responsibility whereby manufacturers, and often others in the distribution chain, take on responsibility for the safe recycling, recovery or disposal of the end of life product has only affected waste management policy and practice during the past decade. The ultimate objective...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- Putting Social and 'Green' responsibility on the corporate agenda; World Bank chief says corporate responsibility is key to sustainable development--and good business.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 June 2001-WORLD BANK: Putting Social and 'Green' responsibility on the corporate agenda; World Bank chief says corporate responsibility is key to sustainable development--and good business C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21062001 WASHINGTON -- World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn has...
- Research articles 2001-06-21
- Three in Ten U.S. Adults Believe That The Federal Government Should Have Most Environmental Responsibility for U.S. Food Industry
- Over Two-Thirds Say They Are Conscious Of The Environmental Impact Of Their Purchases And Habits ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- When it comes to having the most responsibility for ensuring the long-term well-being of the environment when considering the U.S. food industry, three in ten Americans (29%) believe the federal government...
- Research articles 2007-07-18
- Take Responsibility Before It Takes You
- We all love to take credit when things go right, and shift the blame when things go wrong. It's especially tempting as a leader. The leader is perfectly positioned to blame just about anyone and anything when things go wrong. As a leader, you must take responsibility. "Take" is...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Corporate Governance CG framework refers to set of laws, institutions, and practices evolved over time to control and coordinate the business and affairs of an organization. It consists of mechanisms to ensure that management's actions are consistent with the interests of the stockholders. Organizations, world over, have a definitive responsibility...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- The Themes of Responsibility
- In this modern and diverse society, responsibility plays a very decisive role in term of "Job recruitment and work delegation." Does one believe that sense of responsibility is the most important factor for job criterion and political position? This is one of the facts that is rarely revealed and explored....
- White papers 2006-03-21
- Social Responsibility, Machiavellianism And Tax Avoidance: A Study Of Hong Kong Tax Professionals
- This paper investigates the effects of attitudes toward the perceived importance of corporate ethics and social responsibility and Machiavellianism on professional tax practitioners' willingness to advocate aggressive avoidance schemes on behalf of corporate clients. We hypothesise that practitioners who perceive corporate ethics and social responsibility as more important will judge...
- White papers 2006-11-01
- CMS: promoting personal responsibility.(Federal Register)(United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)(Brief Article)
- CMS: Promoting personal responsibility. Information collection. CMS is promoting a "new focus on personalizing messages by relating health care choices with individual beliefs" and wants to ... CMS: Promoting personal responsibility. Information collection. CMS is promoting a "new focus on personalizing messages by...
- Research articles 2005-09-23
- Intel Receives Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Leadership; First-Ever CSR Management Award Given by Business Ethics Magazine
- WASHINGTON -- For its leadership in corporate social responsibility, Intel Corporation received Business Ethics magazine's first-ever corporate social responsibility CSR management award at the Business for Social Responsibility Conference in Washington, D.C.
- Research articles 2005-11-03
- UnitedHealth Group Launches New Social Responsibility Web Site
- MINNEAPOLIS -- UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) today unveiled a new Web site dedicated to social responsibility. The new Web site features UnitedHealth Group's social responsibility commitment to preventing disease and promoting health, addressing racial and social disparities in health care, improving medical knowledge, encouraging volunteerism, and fostering corporate citizenship. The site...
- Research articles 2008-06-05
- CEOs rate corporate social responsibility.
- Oct 10, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Brand image is a primary driver of corporate social responsibility, say global CEOs. According to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers survey, 60 of CEOs believe the sluggish global economy did not diminish the importance of...
- Research articles 2002-10-10
- Lawson to Help Companies Use Information Technology to Manage Green and Social Responsibility Initiatives; AMR Research study shows more than 7 in 10 companies plan to use IT to manage corporate social responsibility programs within next two years.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 March 2007-LAWSON SOFTWARE: Lawson to Help Companies Use Information Technology to Manage Green and Social Responsibility Initiatives; AMR Research study shows more than 7 in 10 companies plan to use IT to manage corporate social responsibility programs within next two yearsC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...
- Research articles 2007-03-06
- For the Sake of the Children: The Social Organization of Responsibility in the Hospital and the Home
- Heimer, Carol A. & Lisa R. Staffen. For the Sake of the Children: The Social Organization of Responsibility in the Hospital and the Home. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998; 800-621-2736. This book examines the social organization of responsibility by asking who takes responsibility for critically ill newborns. Drawing...
- Research articles 1998-09-22
- Arab TV: Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Kenya Attack.(Brief Article)
- By Greg LaMotte (VOA-Cairo) The al-Qaeda terror group has reportedly claimed responsibility for attacks that claimed 13 victims last month in Kenya. The group threatened to widen its war against the "Christian-Jewish alliance." An audio statement carried on an Islamist website was broadcast on the...
- Research articles 2002-12-09
- Coors Teams up with the HERO Campaign for Designated Drivers® for Super Bowl XLII Alcohol Responsibility Initiative
- Winner of Contest to Receive Super Bowl Tickets GOLDEN, Colo. & PHOENIX -- The HERO Campaign for Designated Drivers[R], a national grassroots drunk driving prevention organization, is teaming up with Coors Brewing Company to reward safe driving and alcohol responsibility. An Arizona resident who has shown a commitment to...
- Research articles 2008-01-02
