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亨利·福特：我的生活与工作·补录 167
亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导
If men, instead of saying "the employer ought to do thus-and-so," would say, "the business ought to be so stimulated and managed that it can do thus-and-so," they would get somewhere. Because only the business can pay wages. Certainly the employer cannot, unless the business warrants. But if that business does warrant higher wages and the employer refuses, what is to be done? As a rule a business means the livelihood of too many men, to be tampered with. It is criminal to assassinate a business to which large numbers of men have given their labours and to which they have learned to look as their field of usefulness and their source of livelihood. Killing the business by a strike or a lockout does not help. The employer can gain nothing by looking over the employees and asking himself, "How little can I get them to take?" Nor the employee by glaring back and asking, "How much can I force him to give?" Eventually both will have to turn to the business and ask, "How can this industry be made safe and profitable, so that it will be able to provide a sure and comfortable living for all of us?"
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定位：Additional excerpt 167 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
福特认为，如果人们不说“雇主应该这样那样”，而说“企业应该被激励和管理得能够这样那样”，事情才有进展。因为只有企业才能支付工资，雇主个人付不起，除非企业负担得起。如果企业确实负担得起更高工资而雇主拒绝，那该怎么办？通常企业关乎太多人的生计，不能乱动。用罢工或闭厂搞垮企业无济于事。雇主不该盘算“我能让他们拿多低”，员工也不该瞪眼问“我能逼他给多少”。最终双方都得转向企业问：“如何让这个行业安全盈利，从而为我们所有人提供可靠舒适的生活？”核心是：把注意力从对抗转向共同做大企业。
上下文
福特在讨论劳资关系时提出，劳资双方应共同关注企业健康发展，而非彼此对抗。
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在你的工作场所，大家是在争论分蛋糕，还是在共同想办法把蛋糕做大？
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