A recent New York Times article describes an incident in which two young people on bicycles ran down an 87-year-old woman on a Manhattan sidewalk, knocking her to the ground. The woman suffered a hip ...

Jeff Bartel is chairman and managing director of Hamptons Group, a private investment and strategic advisory firm headquartered in Miami. In a culture of accountability and responsibility, employees ...

This month’s topic is another readers’ choice: responsibility and accountability. Specifically, we’ll cover: clarifying the real distinction between responsibility and accountability; and, ...

I have the privilege of working with some of the most successful people in the world. One thing most of them have in common is that they have a high degree of accountability for their personal and ...

That statement alone will give some people cold sweats at night. Most of us would rather have an environment that fosters mentoring without accountability, but in this day and age when every dollar ...

Accountability, diversity, forward thinking, learning, mutual support, professionalism, and trust are the Joint Munitions Command’s Links of Success, and they help form the backbone of the enterprise.

A good leader sets clear goals, follows through on promises and cultivates a culture of responsibility within an organization. Leaders who acknowledge errors with humility and transparency earn their ...

The first step in developing a cybersecurity response for your business is to establish the scope of the cybersecurity response in terms of the hardware and software included, which in turn requires ...

When we hold someone accountable, a guilt-prone person is likely to hear you, while the shame-prone individual reacts with defensiveness and avoids taking responsibility, all in the service of not ...

In his widely read 1970 article about the role of business in society, economist Milton Friedman justified the old adage that ...