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安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导

The securities obtained for the loan consisted of three millions of the shares of the Union Pacific, which were locked in my safe, with the option of taking them at a price. As was to be expected, the accession of the Pennsylvania Railroad party rendered the stock of the Union Pacific infinitely more valuable. The shares advanced enormously. At this time I undertook to negotiate bonds in London for a bridge to cross the Missouri at Omaha, and while I was absent upon this business Mr. Scott decided to sell our Union Pacific shares. I had left instructions with my secretary that Mr. Scott, as one of the partners in the venture, should have access to the vault, as it might be necessary in my absence that the securities should be within reach of some one; but the idea that these should be sold, or that our party should lose the splendid position we had acquired in connection with the Union Pacific, never entered my brain.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17976
定位:Additional excerpt 239 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

贷款换来的证券是三百万股联合太平洋股票,锁在卡内基的保险柜里,并附有按价购买的选择权。宾夕法尼亚铁路一方进入后,联合太平洋股价大涨。卡内基去伦敦为奥马哈的密苏里河大桥谈判债券时,斯科特决定卖掉这些股票。卡内基曾交代秘书,斯科特作为合伙人之一可以打开保险柜,以防他不在时需要取用证券;但他从没想过这些股票会被卖掉,更没想过他们会失去在联合太平洋的有利地位。问题出在:授权时只说了“可以取用”,没说“不能卖”,模糊的授权在利益面前很容易被利用。

上下文

卡内基出差期间,合伙人斯科特擅自出售了作为贷款担保的联合太平洋股票。

今日一问

你给别人的授权里,有没有把“可以做什么”和“绝不能做什么”写清楚?

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