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Why do organisations generally, including partnerships, need appropriate accountability mechanisms? For many this may seem like asking ‘why should individuals behave morally?’ so obvious seems the normative content of accountability. As argued in the Introduction, the moral appeal of the concept of accountability is so strong that it has become a rallying cry for partnership critics. If the charge that partnerships are unaccountable can be substantiated, this would seriously undermine the partnership approach to public policy.
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Steets, J. (2010). Why Organisations Ought to be Accountable. In: Accountability in Public Policy Partnerships. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230290617_3
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