Responsibility

1. What is responsibility?

The word "responsibility"/ Hispanoteca - Language and culture/ derived from the Latin word "responsum" (one who is obliged to answer for something or someone). The verbs "Respondere" and "Spondere" are closely related and have been widely used in the legal field. The former meant a defence or the pleading of a fact in a court of law, while the latter meant an oath, a promise or the assumption of an obligation".

We can therefore say that a responsible person accepts the results of the decisions he or she makes. Responsibility can be defined as "the capacity of each person to understand and accept the consequences of an act freely done".

What are the benefits of being responsible?

There are many benefits to being responsible. It can help you achieve your goals and objectives in any area of life. Being responsible allows you to develop values and helps you to direct your life path. Being a responsible person helps us:

- Be more honest: When we are willing to tell the truth and keep our promises, those around us will trust us and consider us an honest person.

- To be more independent: by accepting the consequences of our actions, we can make better decisions.

Being more trustworthy: by being responsible, we earn the trust of others. But more importantly, we will also gain confidence in ourselves. Doing the right thing will make us feel good. And even if we make mistakes, we will be satisfied because we will know that we did our best.

However, responsibility can generally be understood as a conscious decision and behaviour by an individual to improve and/or help others.