I wouldn't go quite as far with the generalization, but this notion is very important. Just as developers are often skeptical of a business leader's motivation

I wouldn't go quite as far with the generalization, but this notion is very important. Just as developers are often skeptical of a business leader's motivation (is it right for customers or just for his/her ego? etc.), business leaders can be skeptical of technical debt and code quality arguments not because of the concepts themselves but the motivations behind the person doing the arguing.