In reply to Jon Husband.

I think that responsibility shirking is a result of people working in dysfunctional organizations, where responsibility is touted, but not practiced by management. It's the death throes of industrial era management meeting with disengaged workers who know what is wrong but feel they have few options available to get out of the system. To be successful in a start-up, for example, it's better to come up with something creative and innovative than just show up and do your work. Here it is less important to be on time for the daily grind and more important to create something that works.

While there is still a need for responsibility, as there is a need for morality, it is no longer the dominant work paradigm. The Nine Shift posts show that "driving and working and shopping on Sunday" were considered immoral behaviours 100 years ago. As Bill & Julie conclude, "So 'teaching responsibility,' at least in terms of obsolete factory behavior, is as obsolete today as saying 'Gee' is offensive immoral language."