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Kyocera Group Management Roots |
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The origin of Kyocera Group management is the Kyocera Philosophy, a philosophy of life based on the real-life experiences and empirical rules of Kazuo Inamori, founder and chairman emeritus of Kyocera Corporation. With "What is the right thing to do as a human being?" as its most essential criterion, the Kyocera Philosophy expounds the significance of commitment to fair management and operation in compliance with the most fundamental human ethical and moral values and social norms.
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| What is the Kyocera Philosophy? |
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The Management Rationale of the Kyocera Group is: "To provide opportunities for the material and intellectual growth of all our employees, and through our joint efforts, contribute to the advancement of society and humankind." The "material and intellectual growth" that we aim for includes the pursuit of economic stability, and entails the pursuit of mental riches as a human being, in the shape of life with purpose and job satisfaction through self-fulfillment in the workplace. Additionally, the steady refinement of technology allows us to provide the world with wonderful products one after another, and thereby contribute to the advancement of science and technology. At the same time, by steadily raising profits as a company we aim to contribute to the improvement of common welfare, through increased tax payments and other means. The guidelines for action in pursuing the Management Rationale are set out in the Kyocera Philosophy. As a state of mind for leading wonderful lives, we are striving day by day to practice the Kyocera Philosophy.
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| Origin of Kyocera Philosophy |
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In 1959, with the generous support of the people around them, company founder Kazuo Inamori and seven other colleagues established Kyoto Ceramic Co., Ltd. Starting with a meager amount of capital, the company had no imposing office building or elaborate machinery in the beginning. All it had were fellow companions who shared the joys and sorrows and formed a close bond as members of one big family. Inamori then decided to base the management of the company on this bond of human minds. This is because he believed that while human minds are extremely changeable, they are also most dependable once the minds are bonded by strong trust.
Later, Inamori encountered many difficulties in managing Kyocera, but he overcame them each time believing in the strong bond of human minds. Kyocera Philosophy was thus born as he debated his life and work.
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| Basic Ideas of the Kyocera Philosophy |
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The Kyocera Group believes that decisions should always be made through reason and based on the idea of "What is the right thing to do as a human being?" as the basic criteria to achieve compliance with public morals.
The criterion of "What is the right thing to do as a human being?" is based on the fundamental ethical and moral values of the natural goodness of human beings: "Don't be greedy," "Do not cheat people," "Do not lie," and "Be honest" are teachings we all received from our parents as a child and represent the most basic principles of a human being.
We believe that when making decisions and taking action in daily life, we should resort to the criterion of "What is universally right as a human being" and not the criterion of "What best suits our own convenience."
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Management Based on the Kyocera Philosophy |
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For the Kyocera Group to realize the management rationale, correct understanding and application of the Kyocera Philosophy are essential. This applies also to "The Twelve Management Principles," "Amoeba Management," "Kyocera Management and Accounting Principles" and "Kyocera Employee's Action Guideline." All of these are based on the Kyocera Philosophy. Correct understanding and application are essential for future growth and development, to sustain the dreams of employees, and for the Kyocera Group to become a corporate group able to contribute to development of society. The Kyocera Group provides these booklets to employees, and endeavors to raise understanding and permeation of the principles contained therein.
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