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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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