Concept information
Preferred term
dirty hands
Definition
- Leaders are said to get their hands dirty when, for the sake of what might be called a “higher cause,” they engage in behavior that is generally thought to be morally wrong. Accordingly, immoral action that makes a leader's hands dirty cannot be just any kind of wrongdoing. [Source: Encyclopedia of Leadership; Dirty Hands]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/dirty_hands
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