AA: B1.The following appeared in a memorandum from the head of a human
resources department at a major automobile manufacturing company to the
company's managers:
“Studies have found that employees of not-for-profit organizations and
charities are often more highly motivated than employees of for-profit
corporations to perform well at work when their performance is not being
monitored or evaluated. Interviews with employees of not-for-profit
organizations suggest that the reason for their greater motivation is the
belief that their work helps to improve society. Because they believe in the
importance of their work, they have personal reasons to perform well, even
when no financial reward is present. Thus, if our corporation began donating
a significant portion of its profits to humanitarian causes, our employees’
motivation and productivity would increase substantially and our overall
profits would increase as well.”