I disagree.  A different approach would be to say &quot;Don&#x27;t know what happened before, but moving forward Ted is accountable for A, Alice is accountable for B, etc&quot;.  Knowing what happened before serves zero purpose except to shame.  All that effectively matters is what happens from this point forward.  You put a process in place this time, to monitor what Ted and Alice are doing.  Next time, it&#x27;s your fault when it breaks, because you were forewarned, and you should have known better.  Next time, you know what happened, because you put controls in place.<p>Or just throw someone under the bus and keep repeating the same mistakes.