collective responsibility
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collective responsibility — See Cabinet. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 … Law dictionary
collective responsibility — noun The convention that all decisions of a cabinet, committee, etc are presented and treated as being unanimous • • • Main Entry: ↑collect … Useful english dictionary
Collective responsibility — Not to be confused with Collective guilt. For the British Parliamentary discipline, see Cabinet collective responsibility. For other types of responsibility, see Responsibility (disambiguation). Collective responsibility is a concept or doctrine … Wikipedia
Collective responsibility (doctrine) — Collective responsibility is a concept or doctrine, according to which individuals are to be held responsible for other people s actions by tolerating, ignoring, or harboring them, without actively collaborating in these actions.This concept is… … Wikipedia
collective responsibility — group responsibility, accountability by an entire group … English contemporary dictionary
collective responsibility — /kəlɛktɪv rəspɒnsəˈbɪləti/ (say kuhlektiv ruhsponsuh biluhtee) noun a convention of the Westminster system of government which dictates that ministers are collectively responsible to parliament, and through parliament, to the electorate …
Cabinet collective responsibility — Not to be confused with Collective responsibility. For other types of responsibility, see Responsibility (disambiguation). Cabinet collective responsibility is constitutional convention in governments using the Westminster System that members of… … Wikipedia
collective — col‧lec‧tive [kəˈlektɪv] adjective [only before a noun] 1. ECONOMICS collective farm/factory a farm or factory that is owned by a government and controlled by the people who work in it: • In the 1990s, the collective farm system collapsed in… … Financial and business terms
Responsibility — may refer to:* Responsibility assumption, in spirituality and personal growth * Cabinet collective responsibility, a constitutional convention in governments using the Westminster System * Collective responsibility (doctrine), a doctrine that… … Wikipedia
Collective punishment — Not to be confused with Collective responsibility. Collective punishment is the punishment of a group of people as a result of the behavior of one or more other individuals or groups. The punished group may often have no direct association with… … Wikipedia
