MoB you must be an idealist.
The main and some cynics say the only goal of business is to make money. Skillfully adapting means to making money does not necessarily imply meeting the needs and expectations of customers. Today, the overriding mandate of sound business practice is to influence the politicos as much as practicable to eliminate as many business regulations as they can manage to avoid legal entanglements (aka going to jail). Consumer protection and associated regulations is seen in the business community as a restraint of free trade which stifles the economy as a whole and their particular business activities specifically. Intense competition and the forces of natural selection will force the most well meaning CEO to acclimate to this lowest common denominator of business behavior in the due course of time. Kind regards, Axil On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Man on Bridges <manonbrid...@aim.com>wrote: > Hi, > > > On 10-5-2011 22:04, Axil Axil wrote: > > I never could draw a distinction between a scam and shrewd and adroit > business practices. > > > Well the dictionaries are quite clear about this: > > Definitions of scam > 1. [n] - a fraudulent business scheme > > Definitions of adroit > 1. [adj] - skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends > 2. [adj] - quick or skillful or adept in action or thought > > shrewd[ adj.] > showing good judgement; wise: “a shrewd man” > > Kind regards, > > MoB >
