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shared responsibility
The responsibility that a person shares with others for an action, event, or situation.
Als Teamleiter trägt er die Mitverantwortung für den Erfolg des Projekts.
As team leader, he bears shared responsibility for the success of the project.
The word is made up of the prefix 'mit-' and the noun 'Verantwortung' (responsibility). Here the prefix 'mit-' means 'together' or 'together with others', so it refers to shared responsibility.
Jeder Einzelne im Team hat eine Mitverantwortung für das Arbeitsklima.
Every individual in the team has shared responsibility for the working atmosphere.
To express what the shared responsibility is for, the preposition 'für' with the accusative is used. The structure is therefore: Mitverantwortung für etwas haben or tragen (to have or bear shared responsibility for something).
Die Eltern tragen die Mitverantwortung für das Verhalten ihrer Kinder in der Schule.
The parents bear shared responsibility for their children's behavior at school.
'Mitverantwortung' (shared responsibility) is very often combined with the verbs 'tragen' (to bear/carry) or 'übernehmen' (to take on). 'Mitverantwortung tragen' describes the state, while 'Mitverantwortung übernehmen' describes the active process of accepting responsibility.
Er war bereit, die volle Mitverantwortung für den Fehler zu übernehmen.
He was prepared to take full shared responsibility for the mistake.
responsibility
Verantwortung refers to the duty to take responsibility for an action or task, but by itself does not say whether it is shared. Mitverantwortung explicitly makes clear that other people are involved. If the sharing of responsibility is important, use Mitverantwortung; otherwise, Verantwortung is sufficient.
Lea trägt neben den anderen Teammitgliedern eine Mitverantwortung für die Entscheidung.
Lea shares responsibility for the decision with the other team members.
Lea trägt allein die Verantwortung für die Entscheidung.
Lea alone bears responsibility for the decision.
