answerability

Decisions are made and actions taken on citizens’ behalf; individual answerability is minimal, beyond conformance.

I lectured the narcissists and insisted on answerability.

"I believe social media platforms should be doing more to tackle this. They have a responsibility and I feel they are lacking in answerability."

If those jurisdictions blur, as they do in the European Union, people’s trust in the polity weakens and the structures of answerability become too opaque.

But former Health Minister Lord Owen said sensitive health assets should not be owned by a firm without shareholders and "answerability".