分享財富

聽過這麼一個小故事，朋友在非洲街上撿到錢的經歷。那是非洲其中一最窮困的國家，約二十塊港幣對當地人來說是大面值。

路不拾遺，但給當地的警察肯定會被獨吞掉。朋友想辦法把二十塊用掉，街上都是窮人，每個人的生活都苦，憑什麼捐給一個人不捐給另一個人？

朋友發現要做好人，做善事其實也不容易。他最後用了一個不合理的價錢在街邊買了一件紀念品。

若真心做善事倒好，太多的假公濟私，小恩小惠, 有時讓人洩氣。大財團搞環保、搞文化、捐助低下階層, 通通機關算盡, 善舉實則是以有形換無形資產。企業良心, 說來無謂, 說服商家要有企業良心最後還不是因為這長遠對企業有好處。雙贏當然是好, 但做不到的話, 吃虧的一定不要是自己。

甚至開始懷疑世間上有沒有真正的無私, 就是那種連一句謝謝都不奢求的純粹恩惠。

看到這麼一段新聞, 先不理那是否真的無私, 但相比起予人小恩小惠就怕來不及吹噓的許多商人, 總算是讓人會心微笑。真心的願意與人分享財富, 不容易呀。



Aussie bosses thank employees with $16M after sale

CANBERRA, Australia -- Employees of an Australian bus company have been given a 15 million Australian dollar ($16 million) share of the proceeds of the business sale as a thank-you for their loyalty, an executive and a newspaper said Wednesday.

The 1,800 staff at Melbourne-based Grenda Corp. have received bonuses averaging more than AU$8,300 and as much as AU$30,000 after the Grenda family sold the 66-year-old business for AU$400 million, the Herald Sun newspaper reported.

Chief executive Geoff Grenda described the gratitude of staff – one of whom had been with the company for 52 years – as "overwhelming."

"We sat down and thought: 'how can we thank the people that have got us to where we're going to end up?' and it was a fairly easy decision for us," Grenda told Nine Network television, referring to his father Ken and brother Scott.

"We've had lots of loyal people over our 66-year journey and this was our way of rewarding the ones that are still with us," he added.

Geoff Grenda could not be immediately contacted for comment on Wednesday.

The staff will keep their jobs under the new owner, Ventura, the newspaper said.

A bus driver identified only as Heath told the newspaper that some staff had telephoned their banks assuming an error had been made after the bonuses were paid directly into their accounts.

"Good bosses are hard to find and Ken was a very good boss – one of a kind," Heath said.

Source: http://www.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=3&articleid=2008276