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「資本家と労働者は家族の関係で成立してきた」（渋澤 健の資本主義と道徳）
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- 経営者は、従業員の解雇のことを「雇用調整」と呼びます。一方、「調整」された方の従業員は気が気ではありません。不安な心情が社会問題につながる場合もあります。 事業環境が激変する荒波の中で懸命に舵を切ろうとしている企業経営者たち。経営の評価は、経営者と従業員、それぞれの視点によって異なるのです。企業が持続するための雇用調整なのか。それとも、持続するために雇用を維持するのか。経営の真髄が問われている時代です。 “Unbelievable!” An executive whom I know well threw up her arms in dismay. “Why did they lay off their employees so abruptly? They are a leading Japanese company with a treasure chest of retained earnings that could carry them for years!” She says with a voice of confidence that the renowned Japanese corporate executive that she admires would never make such a decision. When his company is under hard-times, management and employees buckle down together. And when things turn around, his people remember how they were treated, and loyalty to the company strengthens. “That’s why his company has never recorded an annual loss since he established it while he was still in his 20’s,” she declares with admiration. Perhaps drawing a direct parallel is not entirely accurate, since there are different circumstances that govern different industries and companies. However, especially during this most difficult hour, how an executive handles his company’s labor issues helps us to see the core values of corporate management. Generally, a company that adjusts their labor costs accordingly to the rapid deterioration of their corporate environment is looked upon favorably from the markets. On the other hand, if a company is seen as continuing to carry excessive labor costs, thumbs go down across the global capital markets. The general impression is this. So-called global standard is widely seen as a product of the western societies’ values of rational profitability and efficient use of capital. On the other hand, the Japanese standard still seems to place in high regard, life-time employment and other management practices that are based more on emotional and psychological values 「余が往年欧米漫遊の際、実見した独逸の「クルップ」会社のごとき、また米国「ボストン」附近の「ウォルサム」時計会社のごとき、その組織が極めて家族的であって、両者の間に和気靄然（わきあいぜん）たるを見て、すこぶる嘆称を禁じ得なかった」（論語と算盤：『算盤と権利』より、以下同） 欧米型グローバル・スタンダードの経営に対して、情によって終身雇用を重視する日本型の経営。
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