Accountability vs. Reliability

Accountabilitynoun

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness; responsible for; answerable for.

Accountabilitynoun

(military) The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on 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 is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.

Accountabilitynoun

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; the obligation to bear the consequences for failure to perform as expected; accountableness.

Accountabilitynoun

responsibility to someone or for some activity

Accountabilitynoun

the fact or condition of being accountable; responsibility

Accountability

Accountability, in terms of ethics and governance, is equated with answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and the expectation of account-giving. As in an aspect of governance, it has been central to discussions related to problems in the public sector, nonprofit and private (corporate) and individual contexts.

Reliabilitynoun

The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.

Reliabilitynoun

(education) the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).

Reliabilitynoun

(engineering) - measurable time of work before failure

Reliabilitynoun

The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.

Reliabilitynoun

the trait of being dependable or reliable