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亨利·福特：我的生活与工作·补录 193
亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导
Consider first the fundamentals of prosperity. Progress is not made by pulling off a series of stunts. Each step has to be regulated. A man cannot expect to progress without thinking. Take prosperity. A truly prosperous time is when the largest number of people are getting all they can legitimately eat and wear, and are in every sense of the word comfortable. It is the degree of the comfort of the people at large--not the size of the manufacturer's bank balance--that evidences prosperity. The function of the manufacturer is to contribute to this comfort. He is an instrument of society and he can serve society only as he manages his enterprises so as to turn over to the public an increasingly better product at an ever-decreasing price, and at the same time to pay to all those who have a hand in his business an ever-increasing wage, based upon the work they do. In this way and in this way alone can a manufacturer or any one in business justify his existence.
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定位：Additional excerpt 193 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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繁荣的根本不是靠一连串噱头，每一步都要有章法，不思考就无法进步。真正繁荣是大多数人能获得合法的吃穿，各方面都舒适。衡量繁荣的是大众的舒适程度，不是制造商的银行余额。制造商的职能是促进这种舒适，他是社会的工具，只有通过管理企业，以不断降低的价格向公众提供越来越好的产品，同时根据工作量给所有参与者越来越高的工资，才能服务社会。这样，制造商或任何生意人才能证明自己存在的价值。
上下文
福特在《我的生活与工作》中阐述其商业哲学，认为企业应服务于社会大众的福祉。
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你的企业或工作如何能同时提升产品性价比和员工工资？
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