Isaac Asimov's short-story "No Connection" features a race of intelligent descendants of bears who basically treat each other equally, with equal dignity. If a

Isaac Asimov's short-story "No Connection" features a race of intelligent descendants of bears who basically treat each other equally, with equal dignity. If a bear feels called to a particular vocation, that vocation is equally respected whether it is ditch-digger or administrator (which is just another job). If no bear feels called to a particular community need then the bears perform that job on a rotating basis. The story didn't describe what would happen if a lot of bears felt called to a particular job, but I presume there would just be very little work for any of them to do in that job, and that most of their time would be spent on the "community jobs".