8月25日，美国共和党及军方政要John McCain去世，美国前副总统Joe Biden给John McCain的悼词引起了美国主流媒体及社会的广泛关注，美国今天的政治病垢在Joe Biden的悼词中被描述得淋漓尽致，病垢在于Partisanship党派本位主义。国际章认为，今天的商业社会，特别是并购重组后企业的发展病垢也在于“帮派本位主义”，因此Joe Biden 的悼词值得商界借鉴。 以下是Joe Biden悼词的核心部分：

"You know, I'm sure if my former colleagues who work with John, I'm sure there's people who said to you, not only now, but the last 10 years, 'Explain this guy to me,' right? 'Explain this guy to me.' Because, as they looked at him, in one sense they admired him. In one sense, the way things changed so much in America, they look at him as if John came from another age, lived by a different code, an ancient, antiquated code where honor, courage, integrity, duty, were alive. That was obvious, how John lived his life. The truth is, John's code was ageless, is ageless. When you talked earlier,you talked about values."

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“The prevailing "value" ofmodern politicsis partisanship: You are good if you are on my team. You are not just bad, but morally bankrupt, if you are on the other side. You are real if you are on my team and fake if you aren't. Anything the captain of my team says can be justified (and agreed with) because, well, they're the captain of my team. Anything the other team's captain says is wrong, by default, because they're the captain of the other team. There's no reason to listen to people on the other team. Or make friends with them. Or even be seen with them. They aren't on my team. Why would I do that?”

国家章译文：John McCain的做派好像是来自与现在完全不同的时代，那时的政治家的操守是荣誉，勇敢，正直与责任，这些现代政治已经不复存的价值观其实是永恒的。现代政治的价值观强调“党派帮派的本位主义”。如果你不是我一派的，你的道德一定是败坏的；如果你不是我们团队的，你一定是虚伪的。我老大的一切言论都是正当的并毋庸置疑的，因为他是我们的老大；其他团队老大说的一切都是错的，因为他是其它团队的老大。所以完全没有必要听取其他团队的，或与其他团队成为朋友，甚至被看到与其它团队在一起。因为不关我们团队的事，我为什么要参与？

"It wasn't about politics with John. He could disagree on substance, but the underlying values that animated everything John did, everything he was, come to a different conclusion.He'd part company with you if you lacked the basic values of decency, respect, knowing this project is bigger than yourself."

译文：John McCain值得我们悼念的不是他的政见，他可以持有不同的政见，但是他的政见，行动与言论的出发点价值观是与以上完全不同。如果你作为政治家，连基本的靠谱，尊敬和认为你“对国家”的责任远远大于你个人的虚荣都没有的话，John是不会跟你有任何瓜葛的。

“You understand why McCain was so openly critical of Trump, and why Trump disliked McCain in turn. McCain believed in the idea of public service as a noble -- flawed, but nonetheless noble -- profession.That the reason you got into politics was to find ways to do good, not for yourself but for the broader populace.That the most important lesson to always, always, always remember is that we all have a lot more in common than we have differences on. That focusing on that common humanity was at the essence of how politics should work. It wasn't about what team you were on. It was about what good you wanted to do -- and for whom.

译文：你现在理解了为什么John McCain 曾经公开批评特郎普，为什么特郎普不喜欢John McCain。John McCain相信公务员是神圣的，虽然有劣根性，但是是一种神圣的职业。因为投身政治是要做好的事情，做对的事情，不是为了自己，而是为了大众。所以永远切记，不同党派（政见）的共同之处远远大于不同之处。无论你是什么党派，我们的共同使命是为了解决社会的问题，为了我们的下一代，为了更好的明天才是要害。不是你是属于哪个党派，是你希望做什么好的事情，为谁。

That shared humanity -- the sense that we are all, in the end, in this together -- hasn't disappeared. It can't disappear because it's who we, at root, are. What's wrong is that we just aren't looking hard enough for it. We are too willing to allow ourselves to be manipulated by people who, for whatever reasons -- political and monetary gain, mostly -- have a vested interest in focusing on what divides us rather than what unites us.”

译文：不分党派的共同使命是我们大家共同的追求，不能消失。因为这是我们存在的根基。现代政治的问题在于我们放弃了努力寻找共同使命；我们放任的被别人利用，而这些人往往是为了个人的名利，来分裂我们，而不是团结我们。

结束语

国际章：经营企业与从事政治虽然不能等同，但是都是为了生存和更好的发展。企业的使命及存在价值是要“解决问题”，为社会，为客户解决问题，企业的高管应该代表企业的股东，带领员工完成企业的使命。无论是从事什么行业的企业，其灵魂都是“人”，其核心是“领军人物”。今天的企业在发展过程中，必然要经历并购重组，除了并购业务，并购技术外，并购人才是企业生存发展的命脉。然而在实际操作中，本位主义，缺乏“安全感”，为了个人或小团体的名与利，部门，子公司之间割裂甚至分裂，完全不考虑企业整体的利益，使命与目标，打着为了小团体“利益”最大化的招牌，其实是背道而驰。与特郎普领导下的标榜“重现美国伟大”又有何区别呢？