The profit motive and its offspring, maximization of profits, are just as irrelevant to the function of a business, the purpose of a business and the job of managing a business.
同理，利润动机以及衍生而来的“利润最大化”理论，和企业的功能、目的以及企业管理的内容都毫无关系。
In fact, the concept is worse than irrelevant. It does harm.
事实上，更糟的是，这个观念还带来危害。
It is a major cause for the misunderstanding of the nature of profit in our society and for the deep-seated hostility to profit which are among the most dangerous diseases of an industrial society.
导致我们的社会误解利润的本质，并对利润怀有根深蒂固的敌意，视之为工业社会最危险的疾病。
It is largely responsible for the worst mistakes of public policy — in this country as well as in western Europe — which are squarely based on a lack of understanding of the nature, function and purpose of business enterprise.
这个观念也要为美国和西欧最严重的公共政策错误负很大的责任——由于政府对企业的本质、功能和目的缺乏了解，而导致错误决策。
REFERENCE:
- profit motive 利润动机
- offspring 衍生而来，产物
- maximization of profits 利润最大化
- irrelevant 毫无关系的
- function 功能
- business 企业
- purpose 目的
- manage a business 企业管理
- in fact 事实上
- concept 观念
- worse 更糟的
- harm 危害
- major 主要的
- cause 导致
- misunderstanding 误解
- nature 本质
- deep-seated hostility 根深蒂固的敌意
- dangerous diseases 危险的疾病
- industrial society 工业社会
- largely 很大的
- responsible 负有责任的
- mistake 错误
- public policy 公共政策
- as well as 和
- western Europe 西欧
- squarely 正好，完全
- based on 由于，基于
- lack of 缺乏
- understanding 了解
- business enterprise 企业
本文内容来源参考书籍《管理的实践》
The Practice of Management
Peter F. Drucker
* 本书为第一部从实际执行层面立论的管理学书籍，第一部兼顾管理现有企业和创新未来企业的著作
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