Accountability is an obligation or willingness of an individual or organization to accept responsibility for their actions, decisions, and their consequences. It involves being answerable to others for one's actions and ensuring that commitments and obligations are met. Accountability can apply to various contexts, including personal, professional, governmental, and societal levels. Accountability has become a key concept in both public administration and democratic theory. Its meaning is contested, but the general definition “obligation to answer for the performance of duties” would fit most versions. In this sense, accountability is a relationship between two parties—the person or organization answering orbeing held to account (the accountor or agent) andthe person or organization to whom theaccount isowed (the account holder or principal) . Analysis of accountability begins with the double question: Who is accountable to whom? Accountability obligations depend on the terms
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