accountability

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The rule would be in effect for one year only and would be triggered if the NFL and NFL Referees Assn. cannot agree on the fundamental issues of accountability, compensation and working conditions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The medical charity says the humanitarian system has failed to respond to the needs of survivors, and calls for accountability and action.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Recognition alone is not enough; the state must also take responsibility for the harm it caused and ensure transparency, accountability, and reparative action.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Adams pointed to social media platforms like X as evidence that machines “can easily short circuit our sense of human accountability and responsibility.”

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

But I was depressed by what it represented—the hours measured, the boredom of inmates and irritation of officers, the ticking of the clock, the niggling accountability.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover