In my Ethics class, we were discussing the business practices of companies in today's corporate culture and the ethical values of various firms came about. My professor, an entrepenaur himself, bluntly stated that to be successful in today's business, one must be as selfish as possible or your competition will eat you alive.
Though ashamed to admit it, I really feel that there should be a sense of selfishness when running a business but it should be to an extent that it doesn;t destroy the other. Even when I say this, I sometimes feel tempted to say that somewhere in the future, when I am at a crossroad of life and I have the opportunity to destroy the competitor, I probably would not hesitate to do so.
What do you guys think? You think a business shuld practice selfishness to survive in todays world or should it share its knowledge and experience with others so they won't make the same mistakes othere have made before them?
Though ashamed to admit it, I really feel that there should be a sense of selfishness when running a business but it should be to an extent that it doesn;t destroy the other. Even when I say this, I sometimes feel tempted to say that somewhere in the future, when I am at a crossroad of life and I have the opportunity to destroy the competitor, I probably would not hesitate to do so.
What do you guys think? You think a business shuld practice selfishness to survive in todays world or should it share its knowledge and experience with others so they won't make the same mistakes othere have made before them?
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