My Reading on ASQ CQA HB Part III
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<strong>Part</strong> <strong>III</strong>E<br />
Employee with Axe to Grind<br />
Additi<strong>on</strong>ally, the auditor should guard against reacting improperly to employees who have hidden agendas or<br />
“axes to grind.”<br />
Meaning:<br />
• have an ˈaxe to grind (usually used in negative sentences) have private, often selfish, reas<strong>on</strong>s for<br />
being involved in something: Having no particular political axe to grind, he stood for electi<strong>on</strong> as<br />
an independent candidate.<br />
• have an axe to grind have a private, sometimes malign, motive for doing or being involved in<br />
something. The expressi<strong>on</strong> originated in a story told by Benjamin Franklin and was used first in<br />
the USA, especially with reference to politics, but it is now in general use.<br />
Charlie Ch<strong>on</strong>g/ Fi<strong>on</strong> Zhang
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