“ Some day the ethics of business will be universally recognized, and in that day business will be seen to be the oldest and most useful of all the professions. ”
Henry Ford, My Life and Work (1922). copy citation
| Author | Henry Ford |
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| Source | My Life and Work |
| Topic | ethics business |
| Date | 1922 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7213/pg7213-images.html |
Context
“A body that falls sick every little while is a diseased body, and its disease is within itself. So with business. Its faults, many of them purely the faults of the moral constitution of business, clog its progress and make it sick every little while. Some day the ethics of business will be universally recognized, and in that day business will be seen to be the oldest and most useful of all the professions.
* * * * * All that the Ford industries have done—all that I have done—is to endeavour to evidence by works that service comes before profit and that the sort of business which makes the world better for its presence is a noble profession.” source
* * * * * All that the Ford industries have done—all that I have done—is to endeavour to evidence by works that service comes before profit and that the sort of business which makes the world better for its presence is a noble profession.” source
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