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Who's Accountable?

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From: Pulp & Paper
Date: 20050401
Author:Gates, George

"Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star."

- Ambrose Bierce

OUR SON WAS KILLED LAST YEAR BY A HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER. A legal loophole made it possible for the perpetrators to escape accountability. Since then, I've thought long and hard obsessed, maybe - about accountability.

I recently began working with a new client organization. As usual, I started by listening for several days to groups of employees, supervisors, and managers. In the past, I ...

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