Collocations with Accountability

noun

ADJECTIVE

greater, increased –

local, public –

demands for greater public accountability in the police service

individual, personal –

direct –

moral –

corporate, financial, professional –

democratic, government, parliamentary (especially BrE), political –

police –

VERB + ACCOUNTABILITY

enhance, improve, increase, strengthen –

reduce, weaken –

.This process of centralization further reduces accountability

ensure –

demand –

PREPOSITION

accountability for –

to ensure accountability for decisions made

accountability to –

police accountability to the public

PHRASES

a lack of accountability –

the apparent lack of accountability of the security forces

a need for accountability –

.There is a need for increased professional accountability