52. Testing and Employing Men

Employ men who discern the good and the bad
in every situation and naturally choose the good.

Let him do the work who can increase profits, 
spread prosperity and search out problems.

He alone is trustworthy who fully possesses these four: 
kindness, intelligence, assurance and freedom from greed.

Though tested fully in simulated settings,
many men function differently under working conditions.

Work should be entrusted to men based on their knowledge
and diligence and not merely on bonds of affection.

Consider the work, choose the workman,
calculate the timing with care, then commence.

Having decided, "This man is qualified to do this 
work in this way," leave him alone to perform it.

After ascertaining what work befits a man,
assign him to a fitting function.

Wealth withdraws from the man who refuses to acknowledge
the informal friendliness his workers wish to share with him.

The king should scrutinize his staff's conduct daily.
If they do not go astray, the world will not go astray.