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		<title><![CDATA[Managing Health Care Costs With Accountability]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1197229]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the fact that revenue growth has been slowing down for many companies in this economic downturn, costs of health care continue to accelerate and are expected to climb up by another 9% in 2010. While the average healthcare expenditure of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD countries, most...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Call to subsidise local news reporting]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Fees from telecom bills or internet service providers should be diverted to a fund for local news, akin to the National Endowment for the Arts, according to a study of future models for ensuring the survival of "accountability journalism" in the US.The report by Len Downie, who spent 17...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Great Leaders Drive Accountability, not Entitlement]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=3008]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The growing "entitlement" problem in the workplace and senior managers' increasing unwillingness to hold themselves and others accountable are two sides of the same coin. The only antidote to this ongoing trend is leadership that engenders a corporate culture of empowerment and accountability. by Steve Tobak]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:13:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investing In Completion: Physical Objects As Accountability Tools]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1166985]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[We usually try to keep our methods for accountability on the up-and-up, using project management tools, iPhone apps, co-workers, and the like to keep us on track. But if we're really honest with ourselves, activating more primal feelings - guilt, fear, etc - can be highly motivational and effective, if...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mind The Gaps]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/07/21/mind-the-gaps/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Many operational problems arise not out of the work done per se, but from the gaps between one team and another. These points of handover and joint working create ambiguous responsibilities and accountabilities, leading to failures in communication and inconsistent output quality.    A factor in the UK...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:51:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Hold ROWE Employees Accountable]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[  	The Find: Employees love flexible working, but managers are duty bound to ensure accountability: here are three ways to make sure your team stays productive wherever and whenever they work.  	The Search: Ashley Acker writing on the blog Cube Rules.     The Takeaway: Your...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:18:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fixing the Language of â€œPass the Buckâ€]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1939]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Passive voice and sentence structure that diffuses responsibility just infuriate me. I'm sure we've all sat at an airport, waiting for a delayed flight, and heard a customer service representative announce that the airline apologizes for the delay but "the incoming equipment has arrived late." As though the airplane itself...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:00:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fixing the Language of â€œPass the Buckâ€]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1939]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Passive voice and sentence structure that diffuses responsibility just infuriate me. I'm sure we've all sat at an airport, waiting for a delayed flight, and heard a customer service representative announce that the airline apologizes for the delay but "the incoming equipment has arrived late." As though the airplane itself...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:00:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Build Accountability Through Team Building Exercises]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=988397]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Accountability is a willingness or obligation to accept responsibility for one's actions. If the team is a success, the individual is a success. This paper shows some of the ways in which team building exercises develop a sense of accountability. In a team effort, no member is unimportant and each...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Want More Sales Success? Get Accountable!]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1112865]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want to be a top producing salesperson, you must be accountable and have an accountability process in place. While many other factors, mindsets, and habits play into your success level, your level of accountability is the hinge-pin that makes everything else possible. So, what exactly does accountability mean?...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Study: White Guys Get Better Bonuses]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[  	The Find: Women and minorities receive less merit-based compensation than white men, despite equal scores on performance evaluations, research from MIT's Sloan School of Management claims.  	The Source: Research by Professor Emilio J. Castilla of MIT's Sloan School of Management entitled â€œGender, Race, and Meritocracy in Organizational...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:58:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Congressional Bill To Require Accountability for Government Multilingualism]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Sept_30/ai_n29467593]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Virginia Foxx leads effort to determine taxpayer cost  WASHINGTON -- U.S. English, Inc. today hailed the introduction of H.R. 7092, the first Congressional legislation to account for multilingual services provided by the federal government. Offered by Rep. Virginia Foxx, H.R. 7092 would end speculation about the cost of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep state in charge   The financial crisis gripping our nation has many Americans on edge, and it may be some time before relative stability is restored. No crisis would be complete without someone trying to take advantage of it for political gain. Unbelievable as it may seem, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NEWS UPDATE: Day Pitney LLP Updated Commentary Available on Federal "Economic Recovery and Corporate Accountability Act of 2008"and Republican "Economic Rescue Principles"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Sept_27/ai_n29463145]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Day Pitney's Distressed Assets Group team are available for media interviews to discuss implications of proposed House and Senate legislative updates this weekend.  NEW YORK -- Congress is currently considering updated legislation, the "Economic Recovery and Corporate Accountability Act of 2008" TARP to address the credit crisis with a...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trimming the Claws of Capitalism]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[UK economic growth is at a standstill and the latest OECD forecasts do nothing to dispel fears of recession. Some people are claiming it's the death of capitalism as we know it. The last time I heard this was from Fidel Castro, commenting on the failed launch of new Coke....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Real Death: Is Corporate Evil to Blame?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=388]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Can a Business Be Evil? asks Lew McCreary in an excellent, five-paragraph post on Harvard Business Publishing. If not, then who is responsible for the death of Carlene Balderrama, a 53-year-old wife and mother who killed herself hours before her house was to be sold in a foreclosure auction? ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Military accountability]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080610/ai_n25506313]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Very few people have access to a lengthy report on the Air Force's mistaken delivery of missile fuses to Taiwan or other handling of nuclear-related materials. So it's impossible to know if the ouster of the Air Force's top military and civilian leaders by Defense Secretary Robert Gates was just...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[15 bln dlrs in US Iraq spending unaccounted for: reports]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200805/ai_n25458407]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; The Pentagon cannot account for nearly 15 billion dollars in payments for goods and services in Iraq, according to an internal audit which members of Congress blasted Friday as a "shocking" accountability failure.  Of 8.2 billion dollars in US taxpayer-funded defense contracts reviewed by the defense...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[2 ex-officials allege Iraq corruption cover-up]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080513/ai_n25425848]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees.   Arthur Brennan, who briefly served in Baghdad as head of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Joint legislative accountability committee a good]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20080512/ai_n25423429]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[An ambitious step toward making state government more efficient and reviewing the efficacy of tax incentives for economic growth hopefully is nearing a satisfactory conclusion.    Senate Bill 1865 by State Senate Co-President Pro Tempore Glenn Coffee, R-OKC and Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Chris Benge,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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