The phrase "accountable agent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where responsibility or accountability is being assigned to an individual or entity, often in legal, business, or ethical discussions.
Example: "In this project, each team member must act as an accountable agent to ensure that all tasks are completed on time and to the required standard."
Alternatives: "responsible party" or "liable agent".
Traditional party institutions seemed passe this election season, while more novel and less accountable agents of influence grabbed headlines.
They are seeking to hold accountable Canadian agents who...arguably operated outside international law".
To become the travel equivalent of a "Good Housekeeping" seal of approval, ASTA will need to hold agents accountable to a high standard, which would mean removing the check mark from a bad agent, if necessary.
"That's why a sheet of paper with new rules doesn't negate the previous actions, and why it remains necessary to hold the agency and the agents accountable following a complete and independent investigation".
This skepticism appears to be supported by the very concerns raised in this section: if we cannot spell out the special metaphysical condition that renders agents accountable for their actions, then it is tempting to conclude that whether someone is accountable for her actions is not a metaphysical matter after all.
"It was plainly a deliberate attempt to destroy evidence that could have been used to hold CIA agents accountable for the torture of prisoners".
The agent is accountable to the COWSO leadership.
For one thing, it is not clear that intelligible actions are those for which the agent is accountable.
Intelligible actions are actions for which the agent is accountable, actions which have a place in an ongoing narrative (MacIntyre 1984, 206 208).
Though this entry does not address these disagreements, it does assume that there is a special sense in which only autonomous actions can be attributed to those who perform them, and it assumes that agents whose acts are attributable to them in this sense (and only such agents) are accountable for what they do.
