But it also creates an unhealthy concentration of risks: not only the employee’s job, but also his assets now depend on the company’s fate. The scandal at Enron, in its final days, was that management prevented employees from selling their Enron shares while executives unloaded their own shares.
让员工共享公司股票期权固然能够鼓舞士气，但是这种做法会引起风险极不健康的集中化：此时不仅雇员的工作依赖于公司的存亡，连他的资产也与之紧密相连。安然的丑闻就是在它垮台的最后几天，公司管理层阻止雇员们出售他们手中的安然股票，与此同时经理主管们却将自己的股票抛得一干二净。