You can fire people and/or let them go without claiming you "take full responsibility". That's ok, and exactly my point. The phrase "I take responsibility" is

You can fire people and/or let them go without claiming you "take full responsibility". That's ok, and exactly my point. The phrase "I take responsibility" is never accompanied with any sign that the person does in fact take responsibility. It means more than just "Ooops, I did a bad"