This is not always the case; ethics and business sometimes coexist.
Fifteen years ago, I had the good fortune to work with a visionary agricultural entrepreneur who had raised two sons with great severity and authority. They ran a 90-hectare business with him, with a dozen permanent employees and several seasonal workers. He knew how to share his time, the food on his table, and his achievements. At his home, there was always a bottle of chilled wine for his guests, a well-cooked meal for his employees, a kind word and sincere advice for those who needed it. He treated his employees fairly, paid them honestly what they were owed and was a leader by example: the first to arrive and the last to turn off the lights before leaving.

We live in a society that rarely teaches us to share, whether it be experiences, resources or time. This Venetian patron, however, knew the meaning of this verb and put it into practice every day.

In his company, people worked in harmony. They may have been tired from work and worried about their responsibilities, but there was a positive atmosphere. 

If Emir Sader, Marxist critic of the capitalist world, had known him, he would have finally understood that there is a category of people who do business in our region who are not motivated solely by money, but who feel responsible for a project and who live and care for their business as if it were their family.

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