The phrase "a need for accountability" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the importance of being responsible for actions or decisions, often in contexts like governance, management, or personal behavior.
Example: "In our organization, there is a need for accountability to ensure that all team members are responsible for their contributions."
Alternatives: "a demand for responsibility" or "a requirement for transparency."
Citing a need for accountability, the officials who issued the open-courts rule presented it as the centerpiece of an effort to reform Family Courts that were perennially in crisis.
As the global social enterprise movement grows, governments and big businesses are entering the market, but there is a need for accountability, collaboration and training for the sector to scale.
There is a need for "accountability and reparation where things have gone badly wrong", the British lawyer heading the investigation told journalists.
While acknowledging that the disclosure of the CIA program's details now has "potential ramifications overseas," that risk is outweighed by a need for accountability, Obama said.
The second fundamental principle is often expressed, far less poetically and persuasively than King's phrases, as a need for accountability for results.
When you factor in the IRS targeting of conservative groups, the AP and James Rosen issues, 'Fast and Furious' and NSA spying programs, bottom line is there's a need for accountability and trust-building from the administration".
Failing to do as well as comparable countries have, controlling for GDP, implies a need for more accountability and better stewardship of a country's resources.
There is also a need for proper accountability mechanisms to govern appropriate allocation and monitoring of health care resources and services in Tanzania.
I commended the board for hiring her at the time they did, but these are also times when there is a tremendous need for accountability, reaching targets and showing tangible results".
The fields of science and engineering have come to face many new challenges such as an increasing need for accountability, increasing collaborations between university-based and industry-based research and development, and a growing awareness of environmental issues, as well as issues with both human and animal rights.
In an unusual comment from a man who will head the most secret agencies of government, he said, "There is a need for transparency and accountability in a mission where most work necessarily remains hidden from public view".
