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"They're the ones signing the check" is an intellectual shield that can promote disengagement and may even lead to negligence when misapplied. In an ideal circumstance, a client or a boss pulls rank, and individuals who disagree with this direction mutter the phrase, which ushers in an acquiescence absolving their investment in the argument. In other contexts, this phrase can lead to individual and team disengagement with the loss of autonomy and, in the worst circumstance, eventual negligence.