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亨利·福特：我的生活与工作·补录 374
亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导
Birds are the best of companions. We need them for their beauty and their companionship, and also we need them for the strictly economic reason that they destroy harmful insects. The only time I ever used the Ford organization to influence legislation was on behalf of the birds, and I think the end justified the means. The Weeks-McLean Bird Bill, providing for bird sanctuaries for our migratory birds, had been hanging in Congress with every likelihood of dying a natural death. Its immediate sponsors could not arouse much interest among the Congressmen. Birds do not vote. We got behind that bill and we asked each of our six thousand dealers to wire to his representative in Congress. It began to become apparent that birds might have votes; the bill went through. Our organization has never been used for any political purpose and never will be. We assume that our people have a right to their own preferences.
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定位：Additional excerpt 374 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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福特认为鸟类是最好的伙伴，不仅因为美丽和陪伴，还因为它们能消灭害虫，有经济价值。他唯一一次用福特公司影响立法，就是为鸟类争取保护区。当时《威克斯-麦克莱恩鸟类法案》在国会搁置，可能自然死亡，因为鸟类没有投票权。福特让六千名经销商给各自议员发电报，议员们发现鸟类似乎也有选票，法案就通过了。他强调公司从未也不会用于政治目的，员工有自己的偏好。这说明：为公共利益可以巧妙动员资源，但要有边界，不滥用组织力量。
上下文
福特讲述他动用公司网络支持鸟类保护法案的经过，并声明不干涉员工政治偏好。
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你能否为一件公共好事，在不越界的前提下动员身边资源？
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