In this essay I will be writing on the topic of accountability and inherently the responsibility of accountability. In the real root definition of accountability you have responsibility. The two terms are almost synonymous of each other. In Latin‚ the word accountability is derived from accomptare‚ with the literal meaning “to account”. In a prefixed form it stems from computare‚ “to calculate”. When put into terminology in Ancient Greece and Rome‚ the two terms were used in money lending systems
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Accountability There is a big difference of the definition between the civilian and military meaning of accountability. The definition of accountability in the military is the obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation of 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
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Nursing Accountability in Caring Central Venous Catheter Katie Rha Grand Canyon University NRS 430V August 19‚ 2011 Accountability means “obligation of being answerable for one’s own judgments and actions.” If someone gives you a job to do‚ you may be able to get others to carry out that task‚ but you are still held accountable to produce the results. In the nursing profession‚ a nurse is accountable for the actions towards his or her patient‚ even if he or she has delegated
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Gear accountability is important for many reasons as a United States Marine. Knowing what gear accountability entails is half the battle. Gear accountability includes all United States Marine Corp issued gear as well as other items such as your military identification card and your Marine Corp uniforms. United States Marine Corp serialized gear includes your NVG’s‚ your flak jacket‚ your rifle and anything issued and signed for when u checked in to your unit. When you check in to your unit‚ one
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for the tax year. The name and address insures it is your payslip and is sent to the correct person at that address. The tax code ensures you pay the correct amount of tax. Two changes to personal information you must report to employer Name for example if you get married and change your name and address if you move so your pay slip is sent to the correct address and any other correspondence your employer needs to send you i.e. training days. Procedure to follow if you wanted to raise a grievance
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Krautscheid (2014) suggests that professional nursing accountability is an aspect that underpins professional nursing practice and is frequently described by professional nursing organisations however it can be difficult to describe and define with no consistent language or definition available in the literature. Kozier (2012) suggests it is the ability and willingness to assume responsibility for your actions and accepting consequences of your behaviour. The development of the role of the clinical
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accountibility is: The state of being accountable‚ liable‚ or answerable. Personal accountability would be the the definiton of accountibility but from a personal aspect. The definition of personal is: Pertaining to‚ or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion. So with combining those two words (or concepts) you bring them together to form the phrase‚ "Personal Accountability" which means someone taking‚ "Liability" for your own actions or moves. This is a trait
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Lcpl Urena‚ Xavier D. Screw Crew Accountability Essay Flight Eazy Accountability in the military has to be one of the most important things to keep track of in the military. Always knowing where your Marines‚ tools‚ equipment‚ etc. are vital to mission completion. An example of why accountability is important can be shown with the Marines that work on aircrafts. From my knowledge they have to take accountability of their tools at least five times just to complete one
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Over the past ten years accountability has been used in a myriad of different ways. I have noticed the definition of accountability almost take over (and in some cases has) the definition of responsibility. Quite honestly differentiating accountability and responsibility can sometimes be challenging. The assigned article references doctors in the healthcare system (Mansouri‚ M.‚ & Rowney‚ 2014 ). In the article it describes accountability as meaning several different things. When describing
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Accounting‚ Auditing & Accountability Journal Emerald Article: What counts as "theory" in qualitative management and accounting research? Introducing five levels of theorizing Sue Llewelyn Article information: To cite this document: Sue Llewelyn‚ (2003)‚"What counts as "theory" in qualitative management and accounting research? Introducing five levels of theorizing"‚ Accounting‚ Auditing & Accountability Journal‚ Vol. 16 Iss: 4 pp. 662 - 708 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10
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