Accounting‚ Organizations and Society 34 (2009) 797–802 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Accounting‚ Organizations and Society journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/aos The economic crisis and accounting: Implications for the research community Anthony G. Hopwood * Saïd Business School‚ University of Oxford‚ Park End Street‚ Oxford OX1 1HP‚ United Kingdom a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Introducing a group of essays and articles on the implications of the
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What Is Trust To Me? A trustworthy person is a valuable and reliable person. They will not lie‚ steal‚ cheat‚ lose devotion in something‚ or turn their back on you over trivial matters. Doing all of these things can build an excellent reputation for yourself‚ and people will admire you. Then people will have more respect for you. Being reliable‚ honest‚ loyal‚ and having integrity will boost your self morale‚ while making you appear a person of high quality. A trustworthy person will be dependable
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Accountability vs. Efficiency The Struggle to Find a Balance Between Responsibility and Effectiveness Accountability is the essence of our democratic form of government. It is the liability assumed by all those who exercise authority to account for the manner in which they have fulfilled responsibilities entrusted to them‚ a liability ultimately to the American people owed by the government and thus‚ every governmental department and agency. Without it‚ power in the hands of the wrong individual
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The Importance of Accountability Paper Jason Green HCS/475 12-18-12 Angie Barr The success of any organization deeply relies on the accountability of each individual employee within the organization. Accountability is the act of accepting and carrying out one’s responsibilities (Porter-O’Grady & Malloch‚ 2007). Accountability‚ in the business sense‚ refers to an individual that can be counted on to fulfill responsibilities‚ and when mistakes or lapses occur this individual is willing
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The importance of accountability In the army accountability is everything. The definition of accountability is an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for ones actions. You have to have accountability for everything you do formation ceremonies to the items that you carry on you every day I’m going to give you 5 examples of when and why accountability would be very important example one having accountability of your soldiers if you are a NCO you always need to know
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76 December 2004 31042 SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY An Introduction to the Concept and Emerging Practice Carmen Malena‚ with Reiner Forster Janmejay Singh Abstract This paper highlights the World Bank’s growing interest and involvement in social accountability initiatives‚ which derive from its core goals of promoting poverty reduction and effective and sustainable development. It addresses five fundamental questions: (i) what is social accountability; (ii) why is it important; (iii)
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Public Accountability: The Philippine Experience Introduction Under a democracy such as in the Philippines‚ the people’s fundamental faith in the integrity of political institutions is what holds the system together even under the most difficult times. The present situation in the Philippines is a test of this principle. Whether or not the test is passed with success is a matter yet to be seen. However‚ at this stage‚ what could be gainfully learned from present experience is the knowledge
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Trust Trusting people is hard to do. Especially trusting strangers and people with danger written across their face. Most characters in the movie have a hard time trusting Jack Sparrow. He wasn’t trusted mainly because he was a pirate. Pirates are never to be trusted. They are involved in illegal activities like‚ robbery and violence. They had to be good liars to not get caught doing this. William Turner had an even harder time trusting him. He was never sure on who’s side Jack was on. Was he
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Importance of Accountability HCS/475 October 8‚ 2012 Accountability in Health Care Organizations In all industries accountability is important‚ however it is especially critical in health care‚ in which the livelihoods and lives of patients depends upon the correct actions of everyone that are involved. Mistakes can lead to inaccurate billing costs of thousands of dollars‚ or wrong treatments that lead to tragic injuries. Furthermore‚ as managed care becomes more complex‚ ensuring quality
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soldier? Every service member has been charged to maintain their arms‚ equipment and self at all times. If they don’t‚ they could easily take themselves out of the fight‚ putting themselves and their battle buddies in harm’s way. This is called accountability. No matter if you are a Private First Class with an M-4‚ a Non-Commissioned Officer with a squad‚ or a Brigadier General in charge of a post‚ everyone is accountable for whatever is assigned to them. One of the things that makes our military strong
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