I think the issue here is one of basic social responsibility.

But even his most basic responsibility has taken on new meaning.

It is also failing in the most basic responsibilities of government.

Q. What do you think is the basic responsibility of a principal of an elementary school?

It's a basic responsibility and a skill they'll need as adults, he says.

This is a basic responsibility of a sovereign nation.

Any regime that fails at this most basic responsibility loses its legitimacy in the international community.

It would leave with the states the basic responsibility for regulating automobile insurance.

The group's basic responsibility, however, will be economic - encouraging the construction of new buildings while making sure there are tenants to occupy them.

"We have a basic responsibility to teach inmates how to read and write," he said in a telephone interview.