# Responsibility **Domain:** American Trust Value **System:** [[wiki/American Character|American Character]] ## Definition Responsibility is ownership of choice, consequence, completion, and repair. It begins before failure through anticipation and continues after failure through truthful accounting. A responsible person closes loops rather than exporting the cost of disorder to others. Authority becomes legitimate when the bearer remains answerable for what the authority produces. ## Place in the American System Responsibility is developed from [[american/American Character - Value 04 - Responsibility|American Character - Value 04 - Responsibility]] and belongs to [[collections/American|the American Collection]]. Its role is to keep one stable concept available across doctrine, character, comportment, material culture, intelligence participation, and alliance work without collapsing those levels into one another. ## Relationships [[wiki/Integrity|Integrity]] · [[wiki/Meeting Conduct|Meeting Conduct]] · [[wiki/Alliance Stewardship|Alliance Stewardship]] ## Sources / Provenance The governing source is [[american/American Character - Value 04 - Responsibility|American Character - Value 04 - Responsibility]]; the wider architecture is routed through [[wiki/American System|American System]].