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Days after days my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability.
Accountability isn' t hard to define. It means that every person is responsible for his or her actions and liable for their consequences.
Of the many values that hold civilization together—honesty, kindness and so on accountability may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law and ultimately no society.
My job as a police officer is to impose accountability to people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on people' s behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.
Fortunately there arc still communities—smaller towns, usually where schools maintain disciplines and where parents hold up standards that proclaim, "in this family certain things are not tolerated-they simply are not done!"
Yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him.
The main cause of this breakdown is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, it' s the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didn' t teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didn' t provide a stable home.
I don' t believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything.
We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.
What the wise man said suggests that ______.
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Small business owners must accept the burdens of entrepreneurship. Being in business for your- self requires your full attention. You seldom leave the office or shop at 5 p.m.【31】do you leave job problems there. They follow you home as business homework. This【32】ess time for your personal life.
The【33】you sought can put you on the spot. You don' t report to a boss. But you do【34】as hard as possible to serve your customers. They are you"【35】". You also have to compete with creditors, employees, suppliers, and tax collectors. In other words, you are never really【36】. Small firms can seldom 'afford to【37】enough employees so that each can specialize. You may have to prepare ads,【38】records, make sales calls, and collect bad debts.
You must be able to "wear many hats".【39】all these tasks takes up lots of time. But you cannot【40】long-range planning. You have to set goals and develop plans in meet them. Given too【41】time to management, your business will fall.
The major cause of business【42】is poor management. Of every three business that start, two fail.【43】half fall in the first five years. A person with limited talents may be able to hold a job in a large firm【44】others will pick up the slack. When you are in business【45】yourself, there is no one to "carry you".
Even if your firm【46】, you may still have little money to spend. You may work hard for months and not take a penny out【47】the salary you pay yourself. The reason is you may have to【48】your profits in the firm for long-term growth. Or you may need to meet short-term【49】for cash. You may not even be able to draw a salary【50】the firm becomes a truly going concern.
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