And a human community must be founded on common beliefs, must symbolize its cohesion in common principles.

人的团体必须以共同的信念为基础，必须用共同的原则来象征大家的凝聚力。

Otherwise it becomes paralyzed, unable to act, unable to demand and to obtain effort and performance from its members.

否则组织就会瘫痪而无法运作，无法要求成员努力投入，获得应有的绩效。

If such considerations are intangible, it is management's job to make them tangible by its deeds.

如果这类考虑过于抽象，那么管理层的职责就是设法把它变得更具体。

To neglect them is to risk not only business incompetence but labor trouble or at least loss of worker productivity, and public restrictions on business provoked by irresponsible business conduct.

如果忽视了这些领域，不只会危及企业竞争力，也容易引起劳资问题，或至少降低生产力，并且由于企业不负责的行为，而激起社会对企业的诸多限制。

It also means risking lack-luster, mediocre, time-serving managers — managers who are being conditioned to “look out for themselves” instead of for the common good of the enterprise, managers who become mean, narrow and blind for lack of challenge, leadership and vision.

同时，这也意味着企业还要冒另外一个风险——雇佣了一批毫无生气、庸庸碌碌、随波逐流的管理者——那些习惯于考虑自己利益而不是考虑企业共同利益的管理者，那些变得自私、心胸狭隘、缺乏进取心、无领导才能和洞察力的鼠目寸光的管理者。

REFERENCE:

• community 团体
• common beliefs 共同的信念
• symbolize 象征
• cohesion 凝聚力
• common principles 共同的原则
• otherwise 否则
• paralyzed 瘫痪的
• demand 要求
• obtain 获得
• effort 努力
• performance 绩效
• member 成员
• consideration 考虑
• intangible 抽象
• management's job 管理层的职责
• tangible 具体
• deed 行为，行动
• neglect 忽视
• risk 危及
• not only…but 不只…也
• business 企业
• incompetence 无竞争力，无能的
• labor trouble 劳资问题
• at least 至少
• loss of worker productivity 降低生产力
• public restrictions 社会限制
• provoke 激起
• irresponsible conduct 不负责的行为
• lack-luster 毫无生气的
• mediocre 平庸的
• time-serving 随波逐流的
• manager 管理者
• conditioned 习惯于
• look out for themselves 考虑自己利益
• instead of 而不是
• common good 共同利益
• enterprise 企业
• mean 自私
• narrow and blind 心胸狭隘的
• lack of challenge 缺乏进取心
• leadership 领导才能，领导力
• vision 洞察力