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Could someone help me?

In this phrase, should I say "Before printing, think in your responsAbility with the Environment and the commitment with Costs" or should I use responsIbility?

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responsibility - Definitions from Dictionary.com

What about something a tad more simple, like:
Before printing, think about the costs, both to the company and to the environment.
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Oh yes! I know that.

I can`t change this phrase, cause this is a slogan. I was wondering if it was correct, so I tried my dictionary Babylon and after that dictionary.com.

the babylon gave me: responsability costs= (meaning in portuguese) but I thought it was too weird due to the fact that the dic only gave me 1 result, that`s why I tried dictionary.com and this didn`t gave me even one answer, so I came to here.

I just want to know whether "responsability" exist?

Tnx a lot!

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Responsability is either a typographical error, or a speech error (that is, the vowel sound represented by the letter <a> is schwa, a reduced vowel, as in the sound of <e> in the house. Speakers hear schwa and so they might write <a>). In any case, responsability is an error. The correct spelling is responsibility.
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As I expected!!!
Thank you very much once again!!!

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