A limitation of this study was the imprecision in the specificity of crimes listed in the secondhand effects questions and the reliance on respondents to attribute responsibility for the effect.
Any sense that Ashley, the executive deputy chairman, accepted responsibility for the effects of his business model on those who worked for him appeared lacking.
In a statement, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), which helped Coca-Cola develop its methodology in measuring its water replenishment efforts, emphasized the importance of large corporations taking responsibility for the effect their business operations have on the environment.
"Everybody wants to build a 40-story building and sell you your shoebox in the sky without taking any responsibility for what effect a high-rise has on its surroundings," he said.
An Associated Press reporter said Mr. Obama's criticism of Republicans for not averting the sequester with tax revenues made it sound as if he's taking no responsibility for the effects of the cuts.
As town planners of the future, he makes it plain that these MA students, who are studying for the town and country planning MA at the University of the West of England (UWE), will bear heavy responsibility for the effects of future terrorist attacks in crowded places.
If the courtroom door is closed against those children, I think sanofi-aventis should take responsibility for the effects of its drug and compensate the children injured by it, in line with the social contract that it sees as the centre of its business strategy.
"But I think when it comes to the media, the media needs to take responsibility for the effect it has on our younger generation, on these girls who are watching these television shows, and picking up how to talk and how to be cool.
