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Quality Circle India 3
February -March 2020

while collecting the honey the bee does not damage · Provides land for doing business.
the flowers at all. On the contrary it transfers the Such examples can be many. One only needs to
pollen grains and the pollination helps future appreciate that the public pays for all these. Just
production of flower and fruits. The honey bee is not imagine what happens if the government withdraws
greedy, it collects only that much what is necessary education subsidy. Business houses will have to pay
for the future survival of the bees. Sometimes the very high for talent acquisition. This is exactly what is
beehives are damaged by other animals and they happening in USA. All the above mentioned points
snatch the honey from the hive, this includes the talk of Government support to business. In other
human beings. The swarm of bees attacks those who words it is the poor taxpayer who supports the
want to snatch away the fruits of their hard labour. business.
But the queen bee pacifies its team saying that others
may snatch the honey but no one can make a drop of The role of the government on the other end may be
honey. God has given them the patent and to no one shrinking. Government seemingly is outsourcing
else.The honey bee in business is devoid of greed, it governance. The telegraph department which was a
does not damage the environment, it does not governmental function has been closed. Time for the
damage or destroy or remove the resources of the postal department is also limited. Letters have been
nature, on the contrary it multiplies the same. This is substituted by the email and what's app. Courier
the ideal model of business. services will slowly take over the postal services.
Security services are also taking over the job of
But today the business is becoming larger than life. security from the government and time is not far
Business in many places is draining and obliterating when the private security will take over part of the
the natural resources. Business is damaging the government security.The public distribution system,
environment and business is exploiting the people, which is a government function is coming under
and in a way exploiting the government. Business severe question for its inept handling and may be that
today is driven by greed to acquire wealth by any the same may also be outsourced to private business
means. Money has a habit of spiraling. Money grows houses. The passport office has outsourced its
money and it makes the rich, the richer. It can be majority function to private houses and in future we
argued that those who are fit will survive as per the may find that more such functions will be
law of nature; but the society and civilization has outsourced. These are indicators reflecting that
marched far ahead of that concept. government is concentrating on hard core
governance and trying to create conducive
The society believes that the business cannot thrive in atmosphere for the business to grow.
a vacuum. The business takes the benefit of the
taxpayer's money in the following way: If the government slowly hands over all its business to
the private business houses by disinvesting as has
· The government subsidizes the education and happened in the case of some of the Public sectors,
business reaps its harvest.
· Government does not tax the agricultural land eventually the private business houses may take over
and subsidizes the fertilizers and many other the governance. The history will repeat like the East
things the benefit of which goes to business India Company, if we are yet to learn the lesson. As it
is the business houses influence the budget making
houses. process of the government to their own benefit. They
· The government creates different types of fund the elections to all parties to ensure that
infrastructure like, road, railways, air services, whoever wins will give them at least four time of their
market etc the benefit of which goes to business
houses. investment. They indulge in all kinds of unfair
· Banks provide loans to the business to grow. practices chanting and ranting the old proverb; there
is nothing wrong in love and war. War probably
· Import materials to support business and includes business as well.
provides support to export.
· Provides healthcare and medical facilities even in If the business model of the honey bee is followed
remote areas.
then society and business go together hand in hand.