The Surprising Impact of Personal Accountability

Personal accountability acts beyond simple responsibility towards the self; it suffuses into the surrounding community, and foments change in the social dialogue with surprising impact. The balance of accountability must remain a debated question, but a culture which quibbles over the very ownership of responsibility invites conflict.

Here, we use a recent example of conflict and justifiable outrage to demonstrate how a small change in delegating responsibility may lead to an outsize impact.