  Accountability in the workplace is critically important and remains a
challenging problem, especially with respect to workplace safety management. In
this paper, we introduce a novel notion, the Internet of Responsibilities, for
accountability management. Our method sorts through the list of
responsibilities with respect to hazardous positions. The positions are
interconnected using directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) indicating the hierarchy of
responsibilities in the organization. In addition, the system detects and
collects responsibilities, and represents risk areas in terms of the positions
of the responsibility nodes. Finally, an automatic reminder and assignment
system is used to enforce a strict responsibility control without human
intervention. Using blockchain technology, we further extend our system with
the capability to store, recover and encrypt responsibility data. We show that
through the application of the Internet of Responsibility network model driven
by Big Data, enterprise and government agencies can attain a highly secured and
safe workplace. Therefore, our model offers a combination of interconnected
responsibilities, accountability, monitoring, and safety which is crucial for
the protection of employees and the success of organizations.
