If you spend much time with educators and policy makers, you' ll hear a lot of the following words: "standards," "results," "skills," "self-control," "accountability" and so on.

Then again, the air of accountability that the camera generates can also work in contractors' favor.

Perhaps most significant, according to Mannaz, is the increasing interest large companies have in more collaborative management models, such as those prevalent in Scandinavia, which seek to integrate the hard and soft aspects of leadership and encourage delegated responsibility and accountability.