Accountability

Sitting right now I was wondering why the world is so screwed up, and my answer lay in a simple yet profound concept; accountability. Our world these days seems to be chock full of deceitful people who take manipulate the systems to their advantage and yet come out clean, but I doubt that they come out with a clean conscience. Very few brave souls will actually step up to the plate and come clean when they have screwed up; we need more people like these.

A good leader knows not only how to lead but also set the precedent and owning up is a very important part. I do not think that people who are accountable to others actually feel that they are, and they seem to be driven by a selfish motive to enahance their current state. When will we start realising that whatever we do we are ultimately responsible to someone and we have to present our accounts to them in one way or another. What if they get away with it you say? Sometimes they will be caught and sometimes they won't but the fact that they won't at times does not mean we try to take that chance and risk losing the trust of others. Society nowadays is more driven by materialistic gain and morals seem to have seen the door if not already on their way out. Such a soulless time and place we live in.