Flashcards: Accountability

In a social context, trust has several connotations.

"No Taxation Without Representation" is a slogan originating during the 1750s and 1760s that summarized a primary grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies, which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution.

The face-to-face relation (French: rapport de face à face) is a concept in the French philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas' thought on human sociality.

Accountability in Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal, published by Taylor & Francis, examining systems for ensuring integrity in the conduct of biomedical research.

Blame is the act of censuring, holding responsible, making negative statements about an individual or group that their action or actions are socially or morally irresponsible, the opposite of praise.

Distrust is a formal way of not trusting any one party too much in a situation of grave risk or deep doubt.

Governance refers to "all of processes of governing, whether undertaken by a government, market or network, whether over a family, tribe, formal or informal organization or territory and whether through the laws, norms, power or language.

The Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC; Arabic: المنظمة العالمية للبرلمانيين ضد الفساد; French: Organisation mondiale des parlementaires contre la corruption; Spanish: "Organización Mundialde Parlamentarios Contra la Corrupción") is an independent international institution made up of democratically-elected legislators from across the world, working together to combat corruption, strengthen good government, and uphold the rule of law.

The Inspection Panel is an independent accountability mechanism of the World Bank.

Civilian control of the military is a doctrine in military and political science that places ultimate responsibility for a country's strategic decision-making in the hands of the civilian political leadership, rather than professional military officers.

Freedom of Information laws (FOI laws) allow access by the general public to data held by national governments.