Accountability n. : The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness.

Example:
What exactly is Accountability, how is it different from responsibility?

Taxonomy
accountability, government, accountable, Political accountability, citizens, power, excuses, Government Accountability Office, Public Accountability, free encyclopedia, United States, civil servants, parliament, voices, accountability mechanisms, constituency, elected representatives, behavior.

Defination from the web:
... Perhaps the first written statement of accountability is in the Code of Hammurabi, where Hammurabi describes certain undesirable ...