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Everyone is
responsible for the development of his or her personal character. All of us
chose how to deal with the outrages and opportunities of life. From these
choices, our character is formed. We chose whether to be conscious and
concerned about the consequences of what we say and do, including the choice to
be willfully blind.
Responsibility means:
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Do your duty – to
acknowledge and meet your legal and moral obligations.
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Be accountable –
accept responsibility for the consequences of your choices, not only what
you do, but what you don’t do; to think long-term, to set a good example
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Pursue excellence –
an ethical dimension to good work habits – the work ethic - when others
depend on us to show up on time, prepared and ready to do our work and
dedicated to stick with the job until it is done.
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Exercise self-
control – take charge of your own life; set realistic goals; keep a positive
outlook; be prudent and self-disciplined with your health, emotions, time
and money; be rational, act out of reason, not anger revenge or fear.
Responsible people
decide for themselves what is right and wrong according to universal moral
principles and develop a reliable conscience to guide their decisions. They
also pursue excellence
 and take pride in everything they do in recognition of
the obligation to themselves and those who rely on them to do their best.
Despite a short-age of time and resources, responsible people do
the best they
can with what they have.
“If you are not part of
the solution, you are part of the problem.
The price of greatness is
responsibility.”
Winston Churchill
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Responsibility
requires us to recognize