Commitment vs. Accountability

Commitmentnoun

The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

Commitmentnoun

The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.

Commitmentnoun

Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.

Commitmentnoun

Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:

Commitmentnoun

Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.

Commitmentnoun

Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.

Commitmentnoun

The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.

Commitmentnoun

Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.

Commitmentnoun

State of being pledged or engaged.

Commitmentnoun

The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

Commitmentnoun

The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

Commitmentnoun

A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; - more frequently termed a mittimus.

Commitmentnoun

The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.

Commitmentnoun

A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.

Commitmentnoun

The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.

Commitmentnoun

the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose;

Commitmentnoun

the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action;

Commitmentnoun

an engagement by contract involving financial obligation;

Commitmentnoun

a message that makes a pledge

Commitmentnoun

the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

Commitmentnoun

the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.

Commitmentnoun

a pledge or undertaking

Commitmentnoun

an engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action

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.