职责与奉献本是两个从内涵到外延根本不同的概念,然而现在却存在把履行职责赞为奉献的现象。如人们常常喜欢用“奉献精神”釆称赞那些恪尽职守的党员干部和对社会作出一定贡献的普通群众。毫无疑问,提倡奉献精神对弘扬社会主义美德、促进社会主义精神文明建设会起到积极的宣传引导作用,然而对那些虽有一定工作业绩但纯属履行职责和义务的党员干部,也以“奉献精神”赞美,则混淆了职责与奉献的区别,会造成消极的后果。职责与奉献的不同点在于:一是涵义不同。职责,取职务和责任之意,即担任一定职务的人所负有的与职务相适应的责任,具有责任性和义务性的特征。奉献,取呈献之意,具有自愿而非责任、非义务的特征。二是对人的要求不同。职责对人有一定的强制性,其行为用法律、法规、纪律来约束。而奉献对 Responsibility and dedication are two fundamentally different concepts from connotation to extension. Now, however, there is a phenomenon in which performing duties is regarded as dedication. As people often like to use “dedication” precocious praised those who work hard to party members and cadres and the community to make a certain contribution to the general public. There is no doubt that promoting dedication to promoting the socialist virtues and promoting socialist spiritual civilization will play a positive role in propaganda and guidance. However, those cadres who perform their duties and obligations, but have certain achievements in work, Dedication, "praise, confused the difference between duty and dedication, will have negative consequences. The difference between duty and dedication lies in: First, different meanings. Duty, take the job and the responsibility of meaning, that is, as a certain job duties and duties owned by the corresponding responsibilities, with the characteristics of responsibility and obligation. Dedication, take the meaning of presents, with voluntary rather than liability, non-obligation characteristics. Second, the requirements of people are different. Duty has a certain compulsion to people, and its behavior is bound by laws, regulations and disciplines. And dedication