Social Accountability Lover Pillows

'As an incentive to get you to work out, we take a full-length photo of you each month and send it to your college alumni association.'

Under new blame.

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

The Female Brain and The Other One

Working in a blame culture?

"No word from the company – but, it's clear that this is a major spill."

Johnson and Johnson will pay 572 million for Opioids

"At the moment I'm torn between the emotionally rewarding but poorly resourced role of a social worker or a more intellectualy rigorous career in quantum physics."

"Me? I thought you were raising them."

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

Investigating Yourself

Black Crayon

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

Wait Brian! You forgot the little Airbus chapter!

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."

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

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.

Be prepared to issue a public whoopsie.

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

'It's not our fault.'

'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.'

Civilian Oversight

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

Nassar is caught while MSU officials remain.

Parole officer: Hanging in and hanging out.

A Breakdown in Process

United States Senate Ethics Committee - All members being investigated.

'Stick to your diet or our talking scale will rat you out!'

'I'm a man of my word! Once I've made a wrong decision, I stick to it!'

'Today's seminar will focus on individual accountability in the workplace. I did not deliver the handouts to the printer on time, soe we won't be able to refer to them. it's not my fault.'

"Item 4 on the agenda - Serving the common good"

Amazon Strike