The phrase "accountable on behalf" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly; the correct expression would be "accountable for" or "accountable on behalf of."
Example: "The manager is accountable on behalf of the team for meeting the project deadlines."
Alternatives: "responsible for" or "answerable for."
Who, if legal aid is cut, is going to hold government accountable on behalf of the poor and the vulnerable?
Boards hold managers accountable on behalf of shareholders, and managers run companies.
The candidate said he believed the PCC should be "a transparent interface" between the police and the public, and hold the police accountable on behalf of the public for policing and crime issues.
Serbia's civil society has emerged, gathered strength and become very vocal in just two decades and is, increasingly, holding the Government accountable on behalf of the most marginalized children.
He and his NRDC colleagues set out to do something that had never been done before: They held polluters accountable in court on behalf of ordinary citizens.
The American public is awake to the game that Wall Street is playing and we will hold people like Melissa Bean accountable for her work on behalf of the banks.
I have extraordinary respect for the prosecutors and agents who are willing to bring those tough cases in the attempt to hold accountable individuals who break the law on behalf of a corporation.
Who holds them accountable for the decisions they make on behalf of all of us?
Employees with signature authority are equally accountable for properly and appropriately executing documents on behalf of the University whether they sign the document manually or electronically.
The behaviour of UBS's former management – who displayed quite breathtaking incompetence at best – can be held accountable only through civil legal proceedings brought on behalf of the bank's shareholders (although Switzerland's taxpayers might also have cause to complain given the enormous amount of cash they have been required to pony up just to keep the show on the road).
But I'd actually respect the magazine if someone -- anyone -- on staff in a position of power had the courage to come forward and be held accountable for, or even try to argue on behalf of, the D'Souza train wreck.
