Responsibility to protect

Holding responsibility for one’s actions and accepting blame are two different forms of remorse. Although, ostensibly they seem to overlap and carry the same meaning, the actual engineering of each form of remorse differs greatly in regards to the consequences or even references they are associated with. In individual ministerial responsibility within New Zealand’s government, the consequences are found to be more in the lines of holding responsibility for one’s actions rather than accepting…

coordinated. As a result, long-term efforts to reduce disaster risk are haphazard, and the effectiveness of government response and recovery efforts is unpredictable and varies by region” (Lakoff, 2010). When individuals fail to take collective responsibility, “agencies are designed to fail by narrow-minded politicians and bureaucrats who fail to consider broad national concerns” (Lakoff, 2010). And thus, we fail as a Public to agree on the Public Good, impeding any Good that may come about from…

learned how to be a leader quickly and how to hold an immense amount of responsibility all to herself. I see how she deal with all the problems of my company every month. She’s very considerate and graceful. Instead of making it easier for herself, she insures it’s easier for all her soldiers and keeps us all calm. 1SG Grant has taught me how to be interdependent, to develop emotional intelligence, and accepting personal responsibility. My first day at my unit, I felt a little out of place, as…

The last power is aimed power. Aimed power is simply aiming one’s power solely as intent to victimize. These powers can determine how a person is treated and how it is easy to misuse these powers. With shared power comes great responsibility. Just because one has power, doesn’t mean that they should abuse it. Shared power in my opinion is one of the safest kinds of power. Shared power “tends to promote a degree of self-correction that prevents abuse and victimization” (Ladd 1129)…

influenced my everyday choices in life. Band is something that I have been involved with for seven years, and I plan to continue in college. Being involved in this wonderful program has taught me responsibility and has nurtured my love for music. In band, everyone is responsible for many things. These responsibilities include having the ability to play an instrument well, having the dedication and commitment it takes to practice long hours until the music is memorized to the point where one can…

The language of responsibility is defined as “The speaker's willingness to take responsibility for their beliefs and feelings.”(Adler and Proctor 169) In The Help there are many instances of the language of responsibility. One example is when the white women create the “Home Help Sanitation Initiative.” This is an attempt to enact a policy that requires all white houses to have separate bathrooms for all hired help. The name of the initiative hides the true meaning behind it because it sounds…

Ethics and Social Responsibility Companies constantly face the struggle between ethical and unethical behaviors. The line differentiating ethical and unethical actions is not always clear. An ethical company also strives to exude social responsibility. A well-developed strategic plan will help protect a company against the pitfalls of unethical behavior and increase their level of social responsibility. In 2000, the unethical behaviors at Enron became public knowledge. A strategic plan with…

The standard definition when most people think of accountability or being accountable is accepting responsibility. Though this is true, to me accountability means: letting your actions rise above your excuses, overcome your fear and accept responsibility for the consequences you are accountable for. Accountability is liberating and requires a willingness to answer questions from those people affected by your actions. Accountability means to have the ability to follow through with your…

people in the world, my mother, Kim Perras. Over the course of my life, my mother has taught me through example and advice, that my responsibilities do not only affect me, but they also affect the people that are counting on me, whether that be on the athletic fields or in church, people will always be relying on me. This is why, over the course of my short life, responsibility has become my strongest core belief because of the importance it holds. Generally, athletics is a team based activity…

Bystanders Responsibilities On the night of March 13,1964 Kitty Genovese, a 29 year old bar manager in New York, was brutally stabbed to death in her Brooklyn apartment with 38 neighbors in the building who could hear the attack and her desperate cries for help as she was bleeding and left to die by her killer. Every neighbor in that building could hear, but did nothing, Leaving Kitty to die a slow painful death alone in her apartment. Everyday, bystanders witness crimes and chose to do…