BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Accountability
- the allocation or acceptance of responsibility for actions
Wiktionary Definition for: Accountability
- The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness
- Ex:'''Quotations'''
- Ex:*The awful idea of '''accountability''' - R. Hall
- (Military) The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
- #responsibility.
Additional Resources
- Transparency and Accountability in Public Financial Administration
- This paper examines financial aspects of accountability for the use of public funds, that is, fiscal accountability. It explains the growing demand for fiscal accountability, answers the who, for what, to whom and how questions, describes the move toward performance accountability, details the benefits and costs, and concludes with general...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- Accountability Triggers Results
- From the executive summary: ‘Accountability is very serious business today. Board members demand added accountability. External stakeholders require more and more information. Association boards are looking internally and asking more of themselves and each other. Communication and education are central to accountability, but they only go so far when it...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- The Accountability of Financial Sector Supervisors: Principles and Practice
- This paper gives operational content to accountability and argues that it is possible to do so in a way that encourages and supports agency independence. The paper first elaborates on the role and purposes of accountability. Second, it shows that the unique features of financial sector supervision point to a...
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Reengineering Nonprofit Financial Accountability: Toward a More Reliable Foundation for Regulation
- The annual Internal Revenue Service Form 990 tax filing is the principal disclosure mechanism for nonprofit organizations. Although considerable efforts have been made to improve the accuracy and accessibility of Form 990, questions remain as to whether this data source is the most desirable foundation for a system of nonprofit...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The New Accountability: Part 1
- This paper discusses accountability in organizations and how managers can shed the command and control aspects of the old style of accountability in favor of a more humane way of managing, which the author calls 'The new accountability'. Changing to the new accountability requires a change in culture. It is...
- White papers
- SEC PROPOSES PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD TO SUPPLEMENT OVERSIGHT EFFORT
- The Securities and Exchange Commission SEC has proposed establishing a public accountability board PAB to reform oversight and improve accountability of public companies' independent auditors. The system, which would not be under the accounting pro The Securities and Exchange Commission SEC has proposed establishing a public accountability board...
- Research articles 2002-07-08
- The New Accountability: Part 2
- This paper continues the discussion around accountability in organizations and how managers can shed the command and control aspects of the old style of accountability in favor of a more humane way of managing, which the author calls 'The new accountability'. In Part 2, the author brings The Balanced Scorecard...
- White papers
- Assessment, Accountability And Productivity
- This framing paper begins with a discussion of the public policy pressures that have created the demand for state accountability systems, with a particular focus on the appetite for public measures of student learning outcomes. It then turns to questions of vocabulary, and defines how several terms will be used...
- White papers 2003-06-05
- The number of bid protests filed with the Government Accountability Office rose by 6% in fiscal 2007, the first increase in three years.(Washington Insider)(United States. Government Accountability Office)(Financial report)(Brief article)
- The number of bid protests filed with the Government Accountability Office rose by 6% in fiscal 2007, the first increase in three years. The number of bid protests filed with the Government Accountability Office rose by 6% in fiscal 2007, the first increase in three...
- Research articles 2007-12-21
- What's Happening in Our Schools?(school accountability)
- Conveying an Accurate Picture of School Performance When you hear the word accountability used in reference to public schools, what images come to mind? Chances are, what you envision is greatly influenced by the educational policies pertaining to accountability in your state. Now...
- Research articles 2000-05-01
- Tanzania receives US$40 million for Accountability, Transparency and Integrity project.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 May 2006-WORLD BANK: Tanzania receives US$40 million for Accountability, Transparency and Integrity projectC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09052006 WASHINGTON - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association IDA credit[1] of US$40 million in...
- Research articles 2006-05-10
- ADB adopts new Accountability Mechanism.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-2 June 2003-ADB: ADB adopts new Accountability MechanismC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05312003 MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- The Asian Development Bank ADB has approved a new Accountability Mechanism to address concerns of persons affected by ADB-assisted projects. The new Accountability Mechanism ...
- Research articles 2003-06-02
- SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY: Municipal accountability crisis looming in B.C.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-25 June 1998-SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY: Municipal accountability crisis looming in B.C. C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:240698 Municipal governance in B.C. is nearing an accountability crisis, requiring both electoral and non-electoral changes, according to a new study. In a sweeping report on the state...
- Research articles 1998-06-25
- Statement from the President and the Chairman of the Board of the Legal Services Corporation on the GAO's Report on LSC Governance and Accountability
- To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Barbara Moldauer of Legal Services Corporation, +1-202- 295-1615, bmoldauer@lsc.gov WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ LSC President Helaine M. Barnett and Board Chairman Frank S. Strickland today issued the following statement regarding the Government Accountability Office Report, Legal Services Corporation Governance and Accountability Practices Need To Be Modernized and...
- Research articles 2007-09-17
- Accountability of Congressional Staff.
- Most of the pressures for government reform during the past decade, whether in administrative or electoral politics arenas, can be traced to concerns for increased accountability.(1) The rhetoric that surrounds accountability is often passionate and moralistic, even though accountability relationships for employees reflect often mundane ...
- Research articles 2000-04-01
- ClinPhone launches ground-breaking drug accountability solution for clinical trials.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-16 June 2006-ClinPhone: ClinPhone launches ground-breaking drug accountability solution for clinical trialsC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16062006 ClinPhone, the global leader in clinical technology solutions, announces the launch of ClinPhone drug accountability, the first complete web-based electronic solution to enable...
- Research articles 2006-06-16
- Outcomes, Accountability, And Funding: Key Redesign Themes
- Accountability of a given task refers to bearing responsibility for the task. Outcome of the task refers to the result accrued after accomplishing the task. Funding involves raising money and other economic provisions for accomplishing the task. Accountability, outcome, and funding, together, form the key reasons for the redesign of...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- The New Face of Nonprofit Accountability
- Accountability has been a popular buzzword in the nonprofit sector for much of the last decade, but headline-grabbing scandals and changes in the laws and regulations that govern not-for-profit organizations made 2003 a particularly important year. For many charities, understanding the new environment will make all the difference in 2004....
- White papers 2004-08-06
- Toward a New Understanding of Leader Accountability: Defining a Critical Construct
- This paper defines leader accountability as the leader's willing acceptance of the responsibilities inherent in the leadership position to serve the well-being of the organization; the implicit or explicit expectation that the he/she will be publicly linked to his/her actions, words, or reactions; and the expectation that the leader may...
- White papers
- Benchmarking For Accountability And Productivity In Higher Education
- This paper describes an evolution of systems of higher education benchmarking for purposes of accountability and productivity, with a focus on community colleges. It describes the limitations of the dominant form of metric benchmarking due to issues of causal, measurement, and face validity. Several diagnostic benchmarking initiatives are presented as...
- White papers 2005-11-17
