#accountability

#accountability

The film tells the true story of Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces last year, as she and her family tried to evacuate Gaza City. It uses real audio from Rajab's hours-long call to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, in which rescuers tried to reassure her as she lay trapped in a bullet-ridden car with the bodies of her aunt, uncle and three cousins, who had all been killed by Israeli fire.

Ozden Bennett's first reaction after learning of her younger sister's killing was disbelief. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi had traveled to the occupied West Bank just three days earlier to volunteer with Palestinian communities facing violence at the hands of Israeli soldiers and settlers. But the shock and grief quickly gave way to dread that nothing would come of it, that she would have just died under that olive tree and that was it, Bennett said this week, before the anniversary of Eygi's death.

Shame is an inhibitory emotion on the Change Triangle, the tool that teaches us about emotions. Shame is an emotion designed to keep us from acting in ways that get us banished from the people and groups we need, like our family, peer groups, religious groups, and communities. But when we grew up in environments that harshly punished us for our mistakes, shame tells us to keep our mistakes hidden, lest we "pay the price." That's how shame blocks accountability.

Since George Floyd's murder, calls have grown louder for accountability-essential but incomplete. Yes, we absolutely need to hold officers accountable and ensure that officers are punished for wrongdoing. But accountability is reactive-it comes only after a tragedy. Rarely does it drive prevention of the next tragedy. In fact, the threat of being sanctioned often creates perverse incentives-driving employees to cover up misconduct that helps explain why punishment alone fails to prevent the excessive use of force.

Sometimes, we aren't even given the option to try. For example, when the airline issues your boarding pass, the message isn't "try to be at the gate by 9:30 because we'd sure like to try and take off by 10:00!" When the utility company sends your monthly bill, the payment stub doesn't read, "Please try to make your payment so we can try to keep your lights on."

Denominator neglect happens when someone focuses on the big picture (the total number of events) while ignoring the actual harm caused by a specific one. In math terms, it's like a fraction: the numerator (top number) is the painful event that affected you, and the denominator (bottom number) is the total number of times something happened. Denominator neglect is used to downplay serious issues by minimizing their impact, shifting blame onto you, or refusing accountability.

With the exception of a client's building burning down, any rush job means that someone, somewhere, didn't do his or her job. So if an account executive wound up having a rush job, he or she wasn't allowed to blithely make the request and then go home for the night. Instead, if the creative team was staying late, the account executive had to stay late too. Amazing how that cut down on rush jobs.

California has been here before. Decades ago, leaders from both political parties shut down the state's mental hospitals. They solemnly promised community-based programs to provide care for the mentally ill. It never happened.

Hakeem Jeffries stated that Secretary Kristi Noem will face accountability for the Trump administration's migrant policies after the 2026 elections, emphasizing aggressive oversight.

In general, accountability is something we hold other people to, while ignoring our own lack of it. We're all at least a little hypocritical in that regard.

Bernard Doyle, at 73 years old, was astounded to discover in 2020 that there were insufficient funds in his pension account after following investment advice.

"Al Jazeera Media Network has condemned what it called a targeted assassination of its journalists. The Palestinian mission to the United Nations accused Israel of deliberately assassinating al-Sharif and Qreiqeh, describing them as among the last remaining journalists in Gaza."

The Police Records Access Project encompasses 12,000 cases over about 1.5 million pages obtained from nearly 500 law enforcement agencies, created to improve transparency and accountability.

The legislation addresses a critical gap in Federal transit safety regulations by establishing clear executive authority within public transit agencies for rider and operator safety.

For autistic adults, whose lives are already marked by significant challenges in social communication and interpretation, this cultural phenomenon can be especially dangerous.

Trauma can explain behavior, but it does not excuse harm or remove the need for accountability. Healing requires both empathy for the past and responsibility for present actions.

Rodriguez criticized the Yankees, saying, "Where's the accountability? If any one of us made [that] mistake, we would be sitting our butt right on the bench. I see mistake after mistake, and there's no consequences."

Just making this program - and when I say program, like the meetings, the walkthroughs, the lifts, the practice schedule - making it tough on you, and giving you a lot to handle. And for me that's important for accountability, because it's saying, "Are you ready? Are you going to be prepared? Are you going to come to work every single day?" If not, you're going to be exposed, obviously.

If you harmed and abused children, minors, young women, then you need to be held accountable for your crimes, and the oversight committee is ready to do just that.

State, county, and local officials have called for better accountability and transparency regarding the replacement of tracks linked to the PATH derailment in Hoboken on July 12.

Ethics can connote a certain morality, a certain set of norms, and multinational companies are often dealing with many different cultures. Ethics can become a fraught term even within the same country where you have polarised views on what is right, what is fair.

The family of Keith McAllister seeks accountability following his death after being violently pulled into an MRI machine by a 20-pound chain around his neck.

Riley's mean comments lead to accountability, showcasing that speaking freely among friends still comes with consequences despite casual settings.

The inquiry, chaired by Pete Wilcox, the bishop of Sheffield, will aim to bring long-hidden truths about the policing of the strike into the light.

Iran Moreno, 13, was shot and killed in Pasadena while playing video games at home. Prosecutors identified the shooter and driver via enhanced surveillance footage.

Musk criticized the Trump administration for allegedly covering up the identities of Epstein's influential clients, emphasizing the lack of prosecutions against them.

If there's something there, it should be put out. The American people deserve to know what's going on.

Sir Keir Starmer expressed outrage over the catastrophic data breach endangering 100,000 Afghans, highlighting the lack of accountability despite the serious consequences.

California has spent enormous resources to expand the state's housing supply and lower costs, but pouring money into projects without rigorous oversight or performance metrics undermines genuine progress towards housing accessibility.

Sheriff Christina Corpus denied that she suspended Sgt. Joe Fava for providing evidence to outside investigators concluding she mishandled deputy misconduct complaints.