Collocations withresponsibility

These are words often used in combination withresponsibility.

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abdication of responsibility
It is only by becoming an official of the state that such an abdication of responsibility is justifiable.
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acceptance of responsibility
Acceptance of responsibility seems a useful condition for environmental protection contributions especially when accompanied by activist preferences for one's nation's current and future international role.
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accepted responsibility
They have accepted responsibility for ensuring the security of the people of the region and have acknowledged the desperate need for humanitarian relief.
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added responsibility
The added responsibility of having a specific stance falls on those unwilling to give their organs to another upon their death.
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additional responsibility
These can take over some additional responsibility when on-line control cannot solve the problem.
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administrative responsibility
Here the agreement made clear that the consultant had no direct service, supervisory, or administrative responsibility aside from agreed upon record keeping.
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allocation of responsibility
The second research question addresses the allocation of responsibility for later life and specifically focuses on the roles of the individual, government, employers and families.
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awesome responsibility
Lincoln understood keenly that with the extraordinary power that circumstances had placed in his hands came awesome responsibility.
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caregiving responsibilities
Finally, how might we ensure that an ethic of care not become an excuse to impose further caregiving responsibilities on women?
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civic responsibility
Services should therefore not be expanded beyond the point at which they begin to substitute for family and civic responsibility.
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collective responsibility
Although they held the view that the individual is responsible, participants also supported collective responsibility for later life.
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command responsibility
It is, of course, a document which lays down policy: detailed supervision of exercises must remain a command responsibility.
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communal responsibility
Those who might refuse to comply would be free riders, ready to treat others unjustly by taking advantage of their good will and sense of communal responsibility.
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constitutional responsibility
He will not accept convention, but insists on constitutional responsibility.
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decision-making responsibility
Shared decision-making responsibility was associated with higher levels of well-being among women, particularly for those with children.
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diffusion of responsibility
Today, the structure of the decision-making process is changing with decentralisation being implemented at various levels - which some say amounts to a diffusion of responsibility.
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direct responsibility
Our indifferent profession is avoiding any direct responsibility for educating its next generation.
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dual responsibility
Only one of these, having dual responsibility for health and social care, was significantly associated with reduced hospitalization.
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enormous responsibility
That is why we bear such enormous responsibility, and that is why it is so important to bring this project to a conclusion.
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ethical responsibility
To use such evidence is part of the ethical responsibility of every professional.
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fiduciary responsibility
Because enhancing certain opportunities necessarily diminishes others, providing a child with genetic enhancements violates the fiduciary responsibility of the parents to safeguard the child's future.
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financial responsibility
The whole system was thus counterproductive because it undermined financial responsibility within departments without achieving any strategic economic gains.
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fiscal responsibility
More fiscal responsibility underpins most decisions on health spending, and the regional health authorities are controlled by different political ideologies.
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full responsibility
The spirits in the bush are said to threaten to curse the people who do not accept full responsibility for deaths and losses.
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governmental responsibility
Yet other countries might recognise a governmental responsibility to publish laws, but not deem publication necessary for the creation of law.
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grave responsibility
I feel sure that nobody at this moment can approach this question without realising the grave responsibility to which allusion has already been made.
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immense responsibility
This nation bears immense responsibility for the proper rule of the splendid heritage that has come to it from bygone centuries.
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increased responsibility
Second, the increased responsibility that results from the greater possibilities provided by technology might induce restrictions on our choice of possibilities.
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increasing responsibility
Although there was no mention of major disruption to life plans, all carers had to take increasing responsibility for decision-making, finances and domestic tasks, in addition to providing personal care.
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individual responsibility
The consequences of the shift from collective to individual responsibility are significant.
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joint responsibility
Many of them strongly felt that they wanted to control their own fertility, and the rest considered birth control ought to be a joint responsibility.
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legal responsibility
A reason for the lack of penetration in government and administration may be the legal responsibility of the organization for its actions.
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managerial responsibility
In the "worker" environment, one parent was a manual worker, without any managerial responsibility, while the other had a similar profession or no profession.
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moral responsibility
Its main target is determinism, both hard and soft, as well as treatments of various species of luck as a destroyer of moral responsibility.
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mutual responsibility
Their narratives and memories of inter-racial relationships based on mutual responsibility and trust should not be rejected but evaluated more subtly.
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onerous responsibility
However, an officer of less experience might have the onerous responsibility of detaining someone for a long time.
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onus of responsibility
In essence, the new welfare puts the onus of responsibility on recipients rather than government and substitutes an 'obligation' for an 'entitlement' form of provision.
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operational responsibility
Separating policy from operational responsibility was difficult in each case either because wider government goals impacted on operational goals or because operational matters became politically sensitive.
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parental responsibility
On this reading, the argument for parental responsibility and liability takes on a strict liability cast.
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personal responsibility
But how much personal responsibility does the individual professional have for mistakes or accidents that take place in a suboptimal organizational and technical environment?
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primary responsibility
The different federal states retained primary responsibility for providing the material.
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principal responsibility
As artists who write about their work, their principal responsibility in this article is to provide a coherent account of their own practice.
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professional responsibility
The ethic of professional responsibility, which starts from a context dominated by individual relationships, may also inevitably and naturally extend into a social context.
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reciprocal responsibility
The sixth column analyses reciprocal responsibility.
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responsibility of parenthood
We are talking of people whom the law allows legally to father a child and to take the responsibility of parenthood.
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sense of responsibility
This immediately rules out the sense of responsibility that goes with the concept of desert.
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shared responsibility
However, a coalition government is in a position of shared responsibility.
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sharing of responsibility
A system that depends on the sharing of responsibility, in this case between politicians, managers, and professionals, must also share a common set of values.
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sole responsibility
The author takes sole responsibility for the views expressed here.
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solemn responsibility
We have a solemn responsibility towards our own people.
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statutory responsibility
These are the most effective means of assisting occupiers to fulfil their statutory responsibility for controlling rabbits on their land.
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supervisory responsibility
Nevertheless, he would be able to exert considerable pressure beyond assuming a supervisory responsibility himself.
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tremendous responsibility
Teaching faculty carry a tremendous responsibility to guide resident and student charges on related matters of ethics, professionalism, interpersonal skills, and multicultural competency.
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ultimate responsibility
In both countries, however, ultimate responsibility for enforcement was left to the courts.
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