I'm preparing a lecture on ethics to be given to Humanities students. I'm planning to discuss with them this quote to understand the complexities of loyalty in one's professional life.

—"He must set aside any nationalistic attitudes and appreciate that in the last resort his loyalty must be to his shareholders of the parent company, and he must protect their interests even if it might appear that it is not perhaps in the national interest of the country in which he is operating. Apparent conflict may occur in such matters as the transfer of funds at a period of national crisis, a transfer of production from one subsidiary to another or a transfer of export business."

—W.J. Kenyon Jones, chairman of Ronson, defines the duty of a corporate executive.