Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Responsibility
AU - Williams, Garrath
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Discusses what is involved in describing a person as responsible: she has responsibilities that she is duty-bound to undertake, and may be held responsible when she fails to fulfill these. Considers why societies and organizations divide responsibilities between persons. Also considers how questions of responsibility arise in the spheres of morality, law, organizational life and politics, and how different modes of holding responsible may be appropriate in each. Concludes with a brief discussion of some questions about collective responsibility.
AB - Discusses what is involved in describing a person as responsible: she has responsibilities that she is duty-bound to undertake, and may be held responsible when she fails to fulfill these. Considers why societies and organizations divide responsibilities between persons. Also considers how questions of responsibility arise in the spheres of morality, law, organizational life and politics, and how different modes of holding responsible may be appropriate in each. Concludes with a brief discussion of some questions about collective responsibility.
KW - Accountability
KW - blame
KW - compensation
KW - restitution
KW - role
KW - relationship
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-0-12-373632-1
VL - 3
SP - 821
EP - 828
BT - Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics
A2 - Chadwick, Ruth
PB - Academic Press
CY - San Diego
ER -