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Accountability. Oh no, I don’t know that I can. […] I guess some of us, when we think of that […] word we understand the importance of checks and balances. We understand that there are some things that – where accountability is near instantaneous, and that there are other things where there are grey areas and it’s much less difficult. But what it means, very simply, is to – to me, anyway – is that people understandably look to individuals, who have responsibilities, to be accountable for the conduct of those responsibilities. […] you need to put in place a series of things that hold people reasonably accountable for their actions, and people, I think, expect that.
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Steets, J. (2010). Introduction. In: Accountability in Public Policy Partnerships. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230290617_1
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