Abstract We consider decision situations in which a set of points of view (voters, criteria) are to sort a set of candidates to ordered classes (G OOD / BAD). Candidates are judged G OOD when approved by a sufficient set of points of view; this corresponds to noncompensatory sorting. To be accountable, such approval sorting should provide guarantees about the decision process and decisions concerning specific candidates. We formalize accountability using a feasibility problem expressed as a boolean satisfiability formulation. We illustrate different forms of accountability when a committee decides with approval sorting and study the information that should be disclosed by the committee.