… Levi’s people (are told) that, “You don’t work for Levi’s, you work for yourselves, you just happen to work at Levi’s.” The admonition is part of (the) struggle to put the needs of individuals on the same level as the needs of the organization – in other words, to help make life more meaningful for everyone who works there. Contrast that with what I was repeatedly told in my salad days with a former employer. “Your client comes first, then the company, and finally your family.” If I’d really taken that advice to heart, I’m reasonably sure that I’d have lost what I treasure most in life, my close relationship with my wife and children
-- Robert H. Waterman, Jr., What America Does Right: Lessons from Today’s Most Admired Corporate Role Models (NY Penguin, 1995), p. 142