Importance:

The importance of civic responsibility is paramount to the success
of democracy and philanthropy. By engaging in civic responsibility,
citizens ensure and uphold certain democratic values written in the
United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Those values or
duties include justice, freedom, equality, diversity, authority,
privacy, due process, property, participation, truth, patriotism, human
rights, rule of law, tolerance, mutual assistance, self restraint and
self respect. Schools teach civic responsibility to students with the
goal to produce responsible citizens and active participants in
community and government.

First I make a distinction between obligation and responsibility. I
have an obligation to obey the laws, and there are penalties waiting
for me if I don't. Responsibility is a self-imposed moral construct,
and the only sanction that there is for ignoring it is the nagging of
ones own conscience.

Some examples of civic responsibility are:
Bearing witness to crime.
Jury Duty.
Calling for assistance when you see that someone needs help that you yourself cannot provide.
Offering help that you can provide.
Trying to promote a positive image of your home town, whether inside it or away.
Never littering and walking around grass when you can avoid it.
Drawing hazards to the attention of the authorities who may be unaware of them.

I try to be a good citizen, like there was one time where I took down
plates of a getaway car (among other people), or helping pick up trash,
I am currently in the process of registering to vote, and just in
general help people, like yesterday I was a route monitor for Tour de
Cure (american diabetes association) and a cyclist fell over I helped
her up, (remember bike is in between the legs) and fetched her water
bottles that fell a lil ways behind her.