How does acceptance of responsibility influence effective communication

During a conflict one can either accept responsibility or not (depending, or course, on whether the conflict is resulting from a fault of one’s own).  If responsibility is accepted, the communication that ensues is honest and can be constructive resulting in an understanding that can generally be achieved when both sides are fully listening to each other and trying to understand the opposite perspective.  If responsibility is denied, what usually happens is that “walls” go up and little listening takes place and, because instead of listening one is generally trying to decide what to say next in order to defend himself or herself, an understanding (with regard to effective communicating) cannot be achieved.

Acceptance of responsibility influences effective communication, as it provides for a channel of effective conversation. Acceptance of responsibility can depend on whether the person accepting responsibility is actually accepting his or her fault or not. In order to live in this world peacefully with other people, we should learn to accept mistakes and improve after we take lessons from them.  

Further Explanation:

During any conflicts, the person who is guilty of initiating the conflict should understand his mistake and take responsibility. Taking Accountability of actions actually reflects the maturity of a person, and reflect their desire to talk about the conflict, and negotiate peace between them.Thus, acceptance of responsibility creates an open channel of communication, which is honest, constructive and understanding. Both sides can engage in this constructive dialogue, and understand each other’s perspectives.  

Acceptance of responsibility is important in professional life too. In team projects, every member of the team has to remain accountable for their actions and accept responsibility as a team for every single error that occurs with the project. Acceptance of responsibility is a sign of humility, which has to embodied so that there is a healthy channel of communication amongst everyone. If the leader has a proud disposition, the channel of communication breaks, as team members cannot contribute their ideas to the project, which makes it inadequate. Communication is essentially a two-way process, which takes a person to listen and another to speak. Accepting responsibility provides a window for understanding the possible consequences of a person’s actions.

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Acceptance of Responsibility

Subject: Value Education

Keywords:

Communication. Humility, discussion, acceptance of responsibility, teamwork, accountability.

Explanation:

When the hail stopped, Lencho's soul was filled with sadness. He looked around at his fields and said that even a plague of locusts would have left more than what was left after the hailstorm. He said that they would have no corn that year and they would go hungry. He was full of sorrow.