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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Lack of accountability in the disposal of wealth

Lack of accountability in the disposal of wealth

  • Unaccountability of ownership of wealth

Claim

Those who have accumulated more wealth than is necessary for the needs of their lifetime are not held accountable for the use of that resource in relation to global needs. This creates needless suffering among both wealthy and poor.

Broader

Social unaccountability
Unpresentable
Unregulated ownership of the means of production
Yet to rate

Narrower

Dying intestate
Presentable

Aggravates

Unconstrained exploitation of natural resources
Presentable
Forgery of wills and testaments
Yet to rate

Related

Lack of relationship between wealth generation and the public good
Presentable
Denial of right to a people to freely dispose of natural wealth
Unpresentable

Strategy

Writing a will
Yet to rate
Providing sufficient accountability in the disposal of wealth
Yet to rate
Abstaining from accountability in the disposal of wealth
Yet to rate

Value

Wealth
Yet to rate
Unaccountable
Yet to rate
Lack
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean EnergySustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced InequalitySustainable Development Goal #17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Property
  • Societal problems » Scarcity
  • Societal problems » Waste
  • Value redistribution » Value redistribution
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E0503
    DOCID
    11505030
    D7NID
    133896
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020