2017 Technical Report July-August

being a good son or daughter, a good husband or wife, a good father or mother, and a person can be none of these if they are not a good employer. By a good citizen I mean not only one who votes regularly, but one who does his share in all civic activities. A citizen who takes his place when the roll is called, whether it means time or money. Good citizenship on the part of the employer is a factor for good, not only to their organization, but to the business they represent and the city in which they operate. As to honesty, it seems that we are all agreed that it is not only the ‘’best policy,” but the “right policy.” However, there are as many interpretations of honesty as there are colors to a chameleon. Most of us know advertisements of their wares in the daily press are as dishonest as a deliberate lie can be. Many of us know people who allow their employees to cheat the public, and where the gains are divided between employee and employer. How it is possible for an employer to ask of their employees absolute honesty and truthfulness, when the atmosphere in which they many who are considered absolutely honest, whose

And we owe something more, for instance, to dismiss an employee for the ordinary causes, without giving him every opportunity to re- establish himself is as unfair to them as it is to you. Usually a time like this is when the average employee needs your help the most, and another chance. Yes, even a second or third chance may be the vital moment in that employee’s life. You should be so organized that those in charge can always see the human being in every employee. No greater happiness can come to you and yours than the knowledge that you have helped make a person better. This little true story may interest you: Miss Beeks, director in charge of the Welfare Department, National Civic Federation, investigated a number of industries while in our city lately, one of which I will mention. Miss Beeks, who is a recognized expert in her line, was interviewing the President of this company. Her last question, asked him. ‘’What is the biggest work your company does?” After giving the question considerable thought, he answered her by saying that developing men and building up character was without

“ Business must be conducted openly so that all who are interested may see. ”

spend all their working hours is reeking with deception and crookedness is beyond me. Can there be any question but that the employer owes an honest, truthful environment to every man and woman who may work with him? Many people go around with a lantern looking for an honest person, little realizing that they are standing in the way of the light. The day is not far distant when the dishonest, untruthful business person will be with us no longer. An aroused public is swatting them with a regularity that is encouraging. At the Toronto Convention of Advertising Men of the World in 1914, this great body of thinking men adopted as their slogan. “Swat the Lie.” At Chicago this year this same body, 10,000 strong, adopted as their motto the word, “Truth.” When the interests represented by these men focus attention on the faker, liar and crook, it is the beginning of the end.

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