Accountability Analyzer Pillows

"You know, Dobson has a tremendous sense of responsibility. He might enjoy taking the blame."

"But can't I be feared and loved?"

Skeptic Tank.

"O.K. he's a billionaire, but how much of it is in cash?"

Under new blame.

"When it comes to medical malpractice, most lawyers only go for the money... ...I go for the doctor's head."

Off Duty.

Working in a blame culture?

"Are you talking down to me, Evans? Because I don't like it when people talk down to me."

Johnson and Johnson will pay 572 million for Opioids

Dr. Darrin found her peer review process unnerving.

Confirmation Bias

Investigating Yourself

BP is compensating those affected by the black tide in Gulf of Mexico...

Junk Science. (Scientist sits in lawn chair just outside of junk yard.)

"You don't need pronouns in your presentation. That's what finger-pointing is for."

Wait Brian! You forgot the little Airbus chapter!

'If you're a public servant, what does that make ME?'

Facebook in Crisis

'Naughty, nice, nice, nice, naughty, nice. This you call a business plan?'

Owning your mistakes at work shows that you hold yourself accountable, and builds trust and credibility.

"But if I don't know the corporate values then I'm not accountable to them."

"Sure, meritocracies are fine, but why take the chance?"

'Ms Simpson? Get me the Scapegoat du Jour.'

'It's not our fault.'

Making Amends: I haven't harrassed anyone in weeks....My new career: I'll be a secretary....to a female executive. Women can harass em all they life. I sentence myself to house arrest for 30 days, make that 90 days.

'Management can't avoid responsibility for poor patient care...I want to tender my resignation!'

'The new business plan is the same as the old business plan except that, due to layoffs, we have less scapegoats to blame in case of failure.'

Be prepared to issue a public whoopsie.

'I can't help politicizing everything!'

'It's simple. First we look at the upside. Then we look at the downside. Then we look at the upside-down side.'

"Who do I hold accountable if you miss the deadline? Any next of kin?"

"Why do you call it a thyroid problem when it's been giving me an excuse for the 20 pounds I gained this year?"

"That's the danger of mono tasking...you're too easily held accountable."

United States Senate Ethics Committee - All members being investigated.