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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UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 12 November 2024 English

Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope met en lumière les actions entreprises par des universitaires en réponse à certains des appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation. …

and humility, and the concept of relational accountability and responsibility.Disrupting Colonial Practices The Importance of Kinship and Relational Accountability In Secwépemc culture, as in many other cultures kin- ship, which is also related to relational accountability (to be examined later). The vocabulary relating Secwépemc practice recip- rocal and relational accountability among all sentient beings on the land (including of life was based on the land.” Relational accountability manifests in several ways in Secwépemc cul-


Fraser Institute · 24 October 2024 English

New survey shows Canadian parents with kids in K-12 schools, and parents in British Columbia, find letter grades on report cards significantly clearer and easier to understand than the BC …

education policy, fiscal policy and government accountability. She holds a Master of Public Policy from


UCP: University of Calgary Press · 20 October 2024 English

Essential for understanding and mobilizing public health efforts.

Principles (1946), https://www.who.int/about/ accountability/governance/constitution; William F. Bynum and


CARDUS: Centre for Cultural Renewal · 16 October 2024 English

As the Government of Alberta studies how to structure funding for independent schools in Alberta’s School Construction Accelerator Program, this brief outlines several considerations for the program’s design

to prioritize space creation while providing accountability for funds. • Tracks for Eligibility o The


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English

Vancouver, British Columbia, now reports “no religion” as its leading religious identity, putting it in the vanguard of a trend happening across North America. What does this mean for the …

representation of leadership, including whether an accountability structure was clear (how it is governed);


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English

Sanctuary in Pieces documents the evolving nature of sanctuary in settler societies. Drawing on archival research and interviews in Montreal/Mooniyaang/Tiohtià:ke, Madokoro explores the history of protection and hospitality over two …

differently, especially as we think about our accountability as scholars to multiple audiences and communities


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English

Canadian municipalities oversee the country’s most urgent policy areas, yet the constitutional authority of cities to manage their increasing obligations has not kept pace. This volume considers how policy, law, …

proactive local policy-making and democratic accountability. Local autonomy is therefore understood to


CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information · 10 October 2024 English

​Learn about payments to physicians, services provided and utilization. Data goes back to 1996–1997.

model for all AFPs and provides for increased accountability. AFP departments now submit a series of quarterly instituted to ensure adequate service levels and accountability. In addition, some contracts require shadow funding and is required to meet expectations for accountability. Along with reporting captured within the APP


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 9 October 2024 English

Governments are increasingly recognizing the need for sustainability standards in global value chains (GVCs), as pressures from consumers and due diligence regulations in the Global North require businesses to address …

increasing pressure to uphold high standards of accountability and transparency regarding the impacts of their management, transparency, traceability, legality, accountability, and stakeholder engagement, which we present (Directive (EU) 2024/1760, 2024, Article 1(c)). Accountability While most elements in the due diligence regulations regulations discussed above lead to building accountability, some of the due diligence regulations analyzed non-compliance, which also aim to strengthen the accountability of eligible companies. EXAMPLES • LkSG has


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 1 October 2024 English

Oil workers are often typecast as rough: embodying the toxic masculinity, racism, consumerist excess, and wilful ignorance of the extractive industries and petrostates they work for. But their poetry troubles …

untouched by humans.37 Lacking reci- procity and accountability, such false ideas about the relationship between explanation suggests that Ells is trying to avoid accountability for a process in which he participated not


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