The phrase "responsibility in the face of" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a person's duty or obligation in the midst of challenging circumstances or difficulties. Example: As the leader of the organization, it is your responsibility in the face of economic downturn to make tough decisions that will benefit the company and its employees in the long run.
Jewish by birth, Miller is interested in the tension between "individual conscience and responsibility in the face of inhuman orders".
"It's a feeling of responsibility in the face of this vast danger," said Essam el-Aryan, a Muslim Brotherhood leader.
There's nothing left-wing about insisting on an honest rationale for starting a war, and fiscal responsibility in the face of ballooning deficits.
Mr. Letta must also address the demands of the European Union to stay the course of fiscal responsibility in the face of the Italian public's widespread animosity toward austerity measures.
By the same token, the bad acts of a few dozen, or even a few hundred, men are not an excuse for abdicating responsibility in the face of a human tragedy that has engulfed millions.
Perhaps the strongest essay, "Grant Hall," details how McPherson evolved from being a passive teenager, "shy, strange, a doormat," to someone who could begin to act with adult, nuanced responsibility in the face of white-supremacist taunts.
When Emma's mother drops the buggy and runs, Tyler proves himself solid grandfather material, supporting Dante as he reluctantly shoulders his responsibilities in the face of terror and denial.
"It was not charity that we sought from the international community, but co-responsibility in the face of climate change," he said.
Instead he referred to "certain offenses" and "sins" and he said that America's bishops had two responsibilities in the face of the crisis -- to deal with problem priests and their victims and to address the damage done to society when the Church is swept by scandal.
The Member Nations must assume their responsibilities in the face of a challenge that is primarily political and ethical; for it is a question of political will and nothing else.
His failure to take responsibility now, in the face of the evidence, suggests a dangerous reluctance to address what went so damagingly wrong for so many vulnerable young women.
