Quotes About Accountability

What's more, the regrets people expressed were less about renouncing the group than falling short of one's obligations to it.

As Harvard Business School professor Max Bazerman has explained: Say you take people who are motivated to behave nicely, then give them a fairly weak set of ethical standards to meet. Now, instead of asking them to "do it because it's the right thing to do," you've essentially given them an alternate set of standards—do this so you can check off all these boxes.

Substantial evidence demonstrates that in addition to motivating constructive effort, goal setting can induce unethical behavior.

Presidents and generals and all the important people in position to make the most important decisions are, by and large, the least equipped for making them. —MICHAEL CRICHTON

I have heard Pastor Cymbala say many times that we will not one day stand before Christ to announce the size of our ministry, but to give an account of the substance of our ministry. Christ's evaluation, both now and in eternity, is based upon the fruit evidenced in the lives of the people to whom we minister.

I don't care where you think your resources are going. If you know, show me the measurements. If you don't, stop wasting my time.

As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.

They need to know what our expectations are, and how we will respond if they break (or even bend) agreed-upon rules.

avoid solving and resist rescuing, even when they make minor mistakes or not-so-great choices.

at other times we need to adjust our expectations and realize that our children are capable of more than we're asking of them, so we can challenge them to take more responsibility for their choices.

In essence, the optimistic style involves taking credit for successes but little blame for failures.

The expectation of intelligent gossip is a powerful motive for serious self-criticism, more powerful than New Year resolutions to improve one's decision making at work and at home.

All white people in the United States have benefited from a white supremacy. But does that mean that a white person should be viewed badly because they turn against a white supremacist policy? Just because you've benefited from something shouldn't disable you from repudiating it.

I don't want to be cosy with the guy who I know isn't saying the truth to the viewer.

My integrity had been called into question; I was being called a liar, and I am not a liar. And I just think it is time that we stop viewing public figures as fair game.

By giving professors jobs for life, universities create a feeling of unanswerable power among too many. Tenured professors who are uninterested in serving the student body are less likely to respond favorably to criticism, and are more likely to feel the freedom to intimidate or harass those with opposing viewpoints.

For too long, decisions have been taken behind closed doors - tablets of stone have simply been past down to people without bothering to involve people, listen to their views or give them information about what we are doing and why.

There are lots of YouTubers that no one knows about who are getting hundreds of thousands of views on content that we would be really upset to see. And no one's holding them accountable because their audience shares all the same biases.

Before we decide to trust you with this power, we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be blind, but it should not be deaf.

We say we want politicians who are open and honest. And then, when we get one, we angrily pelt him with slime until he cringes to the mob, starts hiding his real views, and hires a spin doctor just like all the others.

Politicians should be judged on their actions, rather than necessarily their views on scripture.

Congress must hold those responsible for unfairly targeting organizations based on their ideological views accountable.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the public is entitled to know what the legal views of a Supreme Court candidate are.

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.