“I want to personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down,” he said. “While this was a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team, I approved it and take full responsibility for it.”
These statements always seem so facile when “taking responsibility” means no consequences apart from issuing an apology.
These statements always seem so facile when “taking responsibility” means no consequences apart from issuing an apology.
On top of that, you can see that even the part about taking full responsibility is cloaked in caveats and softening language.
“…our team members who felt we let them down…”
“While this was a collective recommendation…”