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== Responsibility and Accountability ==
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=== Purpose ===
This entry records the relationship between responsibility and accountability within Tsm’syen law.
Responsibility acknowledges harm; accountability carries that responsibility into action.

=== General principle ===
Responsibility requires acknowledgment of actions and consequences.
Accountability requires response.

Responsibility without accountability is incomplete.
Accountability without responsibility is coercion.

Both are required to restore balance.

=== Responsibility ===
Responsibility arises when harm is caused.
It begins with acknowledgment.

Responsibility includes:
* Naming the harm
* Recognizing those affected
* Accepting the consequences of actions

Responsibility is individual and collective.
Houses share responsibility for the conduct of their members.

Avoidance of responsibility prolongs imbalance.

=== Accountability ===
Accountability is the visible carrying of responsibility.
It is demonstrated through action, not words alone.

Accountability may involve:
* Apology
* Compensation
* Service
* Repair of damage
* Change in conduct

Accountability is guided by ayaawx.
It is proportional, relational, and contextual.

=== Relationship to restoration ===
Restoration depends on responsibility and accountability.
Without both, restoration cannot occur.

Restorative justice does not remove accountability.
It gives accountability a purpose.

Accountability seeks repair, not shame.

=== Limits ===
Accountability cannot be forced where responsibility is refused.
Imposed accountability without acknowledgment creates further imbalance.

Guidance may be offered, but responsibility must be taken.

=== Continuity ===
Failure to carry responsibility forward weakens trust.
Repeated avoidance reduces authority and standing.

Upholding responsibility strengthens law and relationships.

=== Cross references ===
* [[Harm Creates Imbalance]]
* [[Restorative Justice Does Not Excuse Harm]]
* [[Restoration and Repair]]
* [[Witnessing and Public Memory]]
* [[Trust Limits the Scope of Guidance]]

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