Michael --
I like your point that Responsibility is the ability to promise a
response. Indeed "*Ability* is the key here." Should we not also involve
the word/concept of 'authority'? I sometimes think of accountability as
responsibility plus authority. (In my thinking, authority is primarily
with respect to the ability to commit resources - human, financial,
material, etc.) If you make someone responsible but do not give them
authority, can they be held accountable?
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