For a couple of years we’ve known (thanks to an article in the FT) that the retailer is mean to itswarehouse workers. Now we know it is hard on its office workers, too. Yet as I read the latestarticle in the New York Times and clicked through to the company’s 14 principles, instead ofbeing repulsed I found myself cheering its good sense.

两年前我们就知道这家零售商对其仓库员工十分刻薄。如今我们知道，亚马逊对其办公室职员也冷酷无情。不过，在阅读《纽约时报》(New York Times)最新的那篇文章时我点击浏览了该公司的14条原则，我非但没感到反感，反而为它的明智合理叫好。

Principle #9 is frugality, which I’ve never before seen held up like this. Of course leaders shouldbe frugal — it’s not their money they are spending. Another principle reads: “Have backbone;disagree and commit. I like this one too. In most companies everyone thinks just the same(despite the pretence of diversity) and those who don’t, keep quiet.

第9条原则是节俭——我从没看到哪家公司如此重视过。当领导的当然应该节俭——他们花的不是自己的钱。另一条原则是：“有骨气;敢于不同意、有担当。我也喜欢这一条。在大多数公司，每个人想得都一样(尽管它们假装多元化)，而观点不同的人保持沉默。

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