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Ethics

the difficulty of assigning moral responsibility for outcomes in organizations where many people each contribute only a part.

In ethics, problem of many hands refers to the difficulty of assigning moral responsibility for outcomes in organizations where many people each contribute only a part. This meaning comes from Thompson (1980) in American Political Science Review.[1]

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Thompson, D. F. (1980). Moral Responsibility of Public Officials: The Problem of Many Hands. American Political Science Review, 74(4), 905-916. https://doi.org/10.2307/1954312

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