2017 Technical Report July-August

may win out for a short while, but rest assured that the public’s day will come. Then it will be wise to hide yourself in the cyclone cellar until it blows over and a sorry looking sight your business building will be when you feel safe to come out and take a look. All of what years ago people considered as purely private matters are now of vital interest to the public. This is a day and age of publicity. Business must be conducted openly so that all who are interested may see. You play the game of business with the spot light full on, and those who cannot stand the glare should step down and leave room for those who can and will. It is surprising what the public is interested in. They want to know if you pay fair wages; they want to know if your employees are over worked: they want to know if you employ child labor; they want to know if your working conditions are injurious or healthful; they want to know how you feed and treat your animals, and they want to know about your investments and earnings per dollar invested, etc. Many organizations believe that the public is entitled to this information, especially the

public service organizations who are at present leading the way in this respect. We are arriving rapidly, for what was considered a piece of impertinence (didn’t need to know) only a short while ago, is now regarded as a public right at present. Just what is this past, present, and future growth of the human interest in business bringing to us? Let us briefly review the results as already witnessed by most of us: To the employee has come: • profit sharing;

employees make unreasonable demands?” The answer to that is, if what you sell the public is one of life’s daily necessities. In that case, some arrangement should be made. It can be either by an arbitration agreement or temporary civic operation, so that the public will not suffer while you adjust your difficulties. They know little of your internal troubles and are only interested in your supplying their wants, which they assume will be cared for. The business that attempts changes in methods, in prices, styles, service, and so on without having first considered the matter from the public’s point of view will simply pay the penalty in the end. It may be that because of certain conditions, a don’t ask policy “ The new day has dawned for business, and many who are giving the best of themselves are asking more than money in return for their activities and investment. ”

• distribution of stock;

• a share in the management;

• an opportunity for education;

• less hours of work, more hours of play;

• sanitary working conditions;

• safer working conditions; and

• better wages.

The employer has personal interest in the employee. To the employer has come: • better work;

• happier workers;

• healthier workers;

• a better and more prosperous community;

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