Deconstructing Accountability Under The Guise Of Sovereignty
by Dr. Ruwantissa Abeyratne
August 28, 2013, Montreal, Sri Lanka Guardian) A recent BBC article says that "maybe the biggest impediment to accountability is that it has become another victim of management speak, akin to synergy or thinking outside the box — words and phrases that every chief executive officer throws into a speech at an annual general meeting". Accountability and intellectual honesty have grown so much apart that spin doctors abound, twisting reality into a bizarre and jumbled maze of sweetened hogwash.