General Accountability

In general, accountability is being pursued vigourously. People the world over are questioning their representatives, whether they be from business, the government or from other institutions in society about how money is being spent, executive compensation, the appointments procedures, who gets in, who stays out, the quality of their representation in the boardroom and elsewhere, that sort of thing.
As importantly, decisions are being questioned. Solutions are being considered on a retroactive model.

I strongly believe that the illegal invasion of Iraq is the one defining factor that loosed this global demand for accountability.
This demand was always there, indeed has been building up for quite some while now, as more and more people began to have access to information that was previously secreted away.
The blatant lies that were told to unsuspecting publics and the resultant humanitarian tragedy that is Iraq today as a clear result of those lies, are causing a revolution in the thinking of those recently deluded citizens.

Nobody likes being made a fool of. People will forgive almost anything-But make a goat out of them in public (In this case-Make a goat out of the public) and you earn a determined enemy.
The publics of the US and its vassal Britain are starting to change, now that they have had public inquiries tell them what everybody already knew, namely that they were lied into sacrificing their sons, daughters, husbands and wives, not to mention their reputations, indeed their very humanity in the destruction of Iraq.
Newly awakened they are venting their anger by expressing distrust for all political parties, indeed many old institutions. This is being demonstrated by the low numbers of people who turn out to vote. Voter apathy they call it.

Accountability is on everyones lips these days. When people read about Conrad Black being held accountable by his own company, being ordered to account for funds, being made to apply to a judge for an allowance, when people hear of forensic auditing, the shareholders, stakeholders, dues paying members among them start thinking of how their own organizations can be made more accountable.

I hope to help frame some of the solutions. I understand that I will have to start locally, go national later.