You need an inner circle of people who hold you accountable and then help you clean your dirty laundry before it becomes a real (public) problem. (inc.com)
And yet, it always feels like what he's doing is only affecting a small circle of people. (qwipster.net)
Ask them to think about the rings of responsibility — the ways in which they are responsible to themselves, their friends and families, and a wider circle of people unknown to them. (gse.harvard.edu)