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accountability
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The traceability of actions performed on a system to a specific system entity (user, process, device). For example, the use of unique user identification and authentication supports accountability; the use of shared user IDs and passwords destroys accountability.



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Ordinary subjects also have certain strategies for holding Mwata accountable, and the Mutomboko ceremony is turned into a stage for the dramatization of such answerability.
Out of the Kumbla': Toni Morrison's Jazz and Pedagogical Answerability.
That leaves Lavin in the awkward position of preaching accountability, culpability and responsibility to his players while having to abdicate answerability to reporters.
 
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