“At the very least, people who get subsidies should have to get up in the morning and do something, even if it's a make work job. But most liberals would oppose even this simple test of responsibility.” PeopleIfsShouldJobsSimpleResponsibilityMorningShould HaveTestsGet UpSubsidies Author:James Cook
“Whether it is under the guise of survival and self-defence or directly expressed through dominion and greed, the failure to recognize the common humanity shared by us all lies at the heart of our difficulties. To overcome it, we should begin to develop, from the level of the individual through that of society to the world at large, what I call a sense of universal responsibility; a deep respect for every living being who lives on this one small planet and calls it home.” WorldShouldHeartSelfHomeLyingHumanityIndividualLevelsCommonResponsibilityPlanetsSurvivalOvercomingUniversalDifficultyGreedDefenceDominionGuiseCommon HumanitySelf Defence Author:Dalai Lama
“If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It's management's risk and management's responsibility. Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?” IfsShouldFacesSufferingResponsibilityCompanyRiskSacrificeManagementLaysProfitGuiltyEmployeeRecessionsNot Guilty Author:Akio Morita
“Get the process of negotiation away from the small specialized group that some people have called the "nuclear theologians" ... Only a few people can understand the nature of these weapons ... This kept the whole discussion to a very limited group of people who, in a way, had assumed responsibility for saying whether we should live or die.” PeopleWayShouldWholeDiesProcessResponsibilityGroupsWeaponsNuclearDiscussionNegotiationTheologian Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“Professional land surveyors take on a lot of responsibility, and should be compensated appropriately.” ShouldResponsibilityLandSurveyorsLand Surveyor Author:Mark Mason
“We need real tax reform which makes the rich and profitable corporations begin to pay their fair share of taxes. We need a tax system which is fair and progressive. Children should not go hungry in this country while profitable corporations and the wealthy avoid their tax responsibilities by stashing their money in the Cayman Islands.” NeedsShouldChildrenRealCountryPayResponsibilityRichShareTaxesFairsHungryReformCorporationsIslandsWealthyProgressiveProfitableFair ShareTax SystemTax ReformCayman Islands Author:Bernie Sanders
“Voluntary actions by corporations should not go beyond innovative win - win 'no regrets' initiatives. Greenhouse gas control practices that are uneconomic penalize either consumers or stockholders while politicizing the issue of corporate responsibility. Few will be satisfied, and the ineffectual measures will eventually have to be abandoned.” ShouldActionWinningResponsibilityPracticeIssuesRegretSatisfiedConsumersCorporateCorporationsGasAbandonedInitiativeInnovativeNo RegretsGreenhousesWin WinGreenhouse GasesCorporate Responsibility Author:Robert L. Bradley, Jr.
“Why have we had such a decline in moral climate? I submit to you that a major factor has been a change in the philosophy which has been dominant, a change from belief in individual responsibility to belief in social responsibility. If you adopt the view that a man is not responsible for his own behavior, that somehow society is responsible, why should he seek to make his behavior good?” IfsMenShouldHas BeensPhilosophyIndividualBeliefSocialViewsResponsibilityMoralBehaviorMajorsResponsibleClimateFactorsDeclineSubmitDominantSocial ResponsibilityIndividual Responsibility Book:Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest Source: Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest
“We have an orientation that tends to make us think that everything is our responsibility and that we should be doing this. It is the Iraqis' country, 28 million of them. They are perfectly capable of running that country.” ThinkingShouldCountryRunningResponsibilityMillionsCapableOrientation Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“I have requested the corporates to evolve plans under corporate social responsibility to build clean toilets specially for girl students in schools. India should learn from foreign countries, where people are disciplined and do not litter in public places.” PeopleShouldCountrySchoolGirlSocialResponsibilityPlansStudentsIndiaCleanEvolveCorporateSocial ResponsibilityToiletsForeign CountriesCorporate Social Responsibility Author:Narendra Modi