1. Ethical, legal, or moral accountability, owed always or for a certain period, specially to someone who has a corresponding right to demand satisfaction of an obligation.
2. Responsibility of conduct, function, or performance that arises from an express or implied contract, or from the factof holding an office or position.
3. Alternative term for customs duty. See also duty of care and duty to act.
Responsibility
Duty or obligation to satisfactorily perform or complete atask (assigned by someone, or created by one's ownpromise or circumstances) that one must fulfill, and which has a consequent penalty for failure.
Scope
Sum of all individual jobs comprising a contract,employment, program, or project. See also scope of work.
Working conditions
Terms of a contract of employment that affect or pertain toworking conditions. Also called working conditions.
All together:
Broad, general, and written statement of a specific job, based on the findings of a job analysis. It generally includesduties, purpose, responsibilities, scope, and working conditions of a job along with the job's title, and the name or designation of the person to whom the employee reports. Job description usually forms the basis of job specification. job description is in the HR, Recruiting, Teams, & Training subject. job description appears in the definitions of the following terms: promote and job analysis.
