| A | B |
| Liability | Legal responsibility for one's acts or omissions. |
| Negligence | Conduct that falls below a required standard established in department policy. |
| Duty | A legal obligation that entails mandatory conduct or performance. |
| Breach of Duty | A failure to do something that you are legally responsible for. |
| Causation | Causal relationship between conduct and result. |
| Damages | An award, typically of money to be paid to a person as compensation for loss or injury. |
| Vicarious Liability | Liability that a supervisory party bears for the actionable conduct of a subordinate or associate based on the relationship between the two parties. |
| Confidential | Private, Secret |
| Relief of Duty | An example of a consequence resulting from you being held professionally accountable for decisions, etc. |