In one case, it has temporarily circumvented the Senate by giving the Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren acting responsibility for a new agency focused on consumer financial protection.
Because surrendering yourself doesn't mean giving up; it means acting with responsibility.
As Mr. Obama has said, fathers often "abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men".
They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men.
As acting dean, his responsibilities included patrolling the hallways, making sure that doors were locked and that the school's metal detectors were operating properly.
While Mr. Tenet commended the officer's efforts, another senior agency official was critical of the fact that the officer -- perhaps out of fear that he was acting beyond his responsibilities -- had never voiced doubts to the assistant director of intelligence for military support, who was in a position to have put a hold instantly on the target.
Mr Moreno has always maintained that he was acting within his responsibilities.
Amongst these three distinct study groups, health professionals generally express a feeling of responsibility towards at-risk relatives but identify difficulties in acting upon this responsibility.
Of course, bad news about the state, like the recently projected $1 billion shortfall in next year's state budget, will become the acting governor's responsibility -- and perhaps a liability.
And of course, the frustration and loss of faith when we see business acting with little responsibility.
In the 2008 campaign, candidate Obama accurately described the basis of American democracy: Empathy -- citizens caring for each other, both social and personal responsibility -- acting on that care, and an ethic of excellence.
