skin in the game

Companies must obtain accountability across all business functions if they are to harvest the fruits of technology. "Let everyone have skin in the game", Rogow said.

1988 April 4, Alan Alper, “Inertia often stifles new technology”, in Computerworld, volume xxii, number 14, page 67

[Ross] Perot has told people they can send $5 if they want to have "some skin in the game" but he does not actively solicit contributions and says he will finance his own campaign.

1992 June 18, Associated Press, “Perot's campaign is wary of fund-raising operations”, in The Sun, San Bernardino, CA, page 22

Supposedly, ordinary depositors don't bother to check the soundness of their banks because they don't actually have skin in the game.

2009 December 18, Megan McArdle, “How Big a Problem is Moral Hazard?”, in The Atlantic

At Wednesday’s Europa League final, more than half the tickets have gone to corporate guests and others with no skin in the game.

2022 May 18, Adrian Chiles, “The closer your team gets to glory, the less likely you are to get a ticket. That can’t be right”, in The Guardian