Respect and Responsibility Respect and responsibility plays a role in everyone's life. Even as a little kid we all had respect and responsibility in your life. Respect can vary from having respect for the family pet to having respect for the people who raised us when we were growing up. Respect in today's life is referred to having trust and faith in a person. Some people say respect is loving someone. Others honor people like athletes (Housman, 850). The way everyone should show respect is by being polite to everyone. Responsibility is telling someone that they can depend on you and following through with what you said. The jobs most people have takes dedication to do i