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100 _aThomma, Steven,
245 0 _aPersonal Responsibility Waning, Experts Say.
_cSteven Thomma.
260 _bKRT News Service,
_c2005.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
_nArticle 11,
_pHuman Relations,
_x1522-3248;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
500 _aOriginally Published: Personal Responsibility Waning, Experts Say, April 17, 2005; pp. n.p..
520 _a"'The Buck Stops Here,' said the no-nonsense sign on President Harry Truman's desk....It was more than a slogan. The notion of accepting responsibility without passing the buck or blaming others when things went wrong was central to the work ethic and moral tone of the time. By contrast today, almost none of the leaders of the country's great institutions ever step forward and take responsibility for failure or even honest mistakes." (KRT NEWS SERVICE) This article examines "the decline of an ethic of responsibility in America over recent decades."
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aChief executive officers
650 _aPolitical leadership
650 _aPresidents
650 _aResponsibility
650 _aSocial change
650 _aSocial ethics
650 _aSocial values
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2006,
_pHuman Relations.
_x1522-3248;
942 _c UKN
999 _c37494
_d37494