出自先秦《荀子·哀公》。鸟被逼得走投无路之时就会用嘴啄人，兽到困窘之时就会用爪抓人，人到穷困潦倒之时就会设计骗人。以鸟兽困窘之时的行为为喻，说明人到穷困潦倒之时便会放弃道德操守的原因。

Transparency in production builds trust with consumers and stakeholders.

Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things.

但大多数股票的短期租赁者对确保公司治理专注于将股东的利益放在首位并不特别感兴趣。

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'