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We can state OIC philosophy is seven points:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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".
- OIC recognizes
that the world of work does have rules and practices that must be
understood by those who would succeed in this realm.
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