We can state OIC philosophy is seven points:

1. OIC believes in man, his unlimited possibility for good; his improvability; his right to a good life regardless of his color, creed, family background or any circumstance or misfortune of life.
2. OIC holds that man in his infinite variety should be treated with respect - his dignity is not to be violated because of his appearance, personal history or present condition.
3. OIC insists that its trainees should be treated as the adults they are: that everyone can learn, even though at different speeds and under differing conditions; that it is the obligation of OIC personnel to assist the learner in finding and adjusting to his/her most favorable learning environment.
4. OIC, should be realized, is also the outgrowth of the Civil Right Movements; that there probably would have been no OIC without the struggle for human dignity and equal opportunity. Thus OIC is also viewed as a positive constructive and tangible phase of the Civil Rights Movement.
5. OIC considers itself part of the war on poverty and that its services are most valuable to the poor, the unemployed, the defeated and the socially rejected; that to the extent that OIC establishes rapport with the victims of poverty and renders real assistance to them - to that extent does OIC accomplish its mission.
6. OIC realizes that men differ widely in their social and cultural traits and that no set of these characteristics can be adjudged inherently "superior" or "inferior".
7. OIC recognizes that the world of work does have rules and practices that must be understood by those who would succeed in this realm.

OIC Philosophy