Look up: Accountability

1. Accountability
   Relates to the ongoing debate surrounding the amount of information charities and voluntary organisations supply to their supporters and others on financial and performance matters. The debate centres around the possibility of charity league tables, which would rate performance.
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2. accountability
   [n] - responsibility to someone or for some activity
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3. accountability
   duty imposed on an audited person or entity to show that he/it has administered or controlled the funds entrusted to him/it in accordance with the terms on which the funds were provided Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • the quality or state that enables violations or att...
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4. Accountability
   Ac·count`a·bil'i·ty noun The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness. 'The awful idea of accountability .' R. Hall.
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5. accountability
   answerability noun responsibility to someone or for some activity
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6. Accountability
   • (n.) The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness.
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7. accountability
   (from the article `constitution`) Under constitutional government, those who govern are regularly accountable to at least a portion of the governed. In a constitutional democracy, ...
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8. accountability
   accountability 1. The state of being accountable, liable, or answerable. 2. Responsibility to someone or for some activity. 3. In education: a policy of holding schools and teachers accountable for students' academic progress by linking such progress with funding for salaries, maintenance, etc.
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9. accountability
   Libraries like private sector businesses are increasingly called upon to make all units accountable for results. Growing funds are needed for technology as opposed to only books. Funders often cut the library budget first, in favor of other agencies such as police and fire or other seemingly, more n...
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10. Accountability
    `Accountability` is a concept in ethics and governance with several meanings. It is often used synonymously with such concepts as jstor=1949761-->--> answerability, blameworthiness, legal liability|liability, and other terms associated with the expectation of account-giving. As an aspect of governan...
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11. AccountAbility
    `AccountAbility` is an independent, global, not-for-profit organisation promoting accountability, sustainable business practices and corporate responsibility. It is a self-managed partnership, governed by its multi-stakeholder network.http://www.accountability21.net/governance Organisation and Role:...
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