# Accountability

> The ability to attribute every consequential action to the actor responsible for it.

Record: `lexicon:accountability`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-accountability

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Timely Intervention](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/timely-intervention.md) and before [Opaque Mutation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/opaque-mutation.md).

## Category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## Enabled by

- [Auditability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/auditability.md)

## Linked from

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-observability-auditability-traceability.md)