Kyocera was founded at a time of intensifying labor-management confrontations in Japan. I was convinced that conflict between labor and management would disappear if managers and workers could share a certain mindset and awareness. I therefore placed the Extended Family Principle in the framework of Kyocera's management philosophy and company mission, “To provide opportunities for the material and intellectual growth of all our employees, and, through our joint effort, contribute to the advancement of society and humankind.” This enabled us to rise above the confrontational structure of managerial egoism and worker egoism. The result was “Management by All.”

Kazuo Inamori Management Philosophy Guangzhou Report Meeting (September 25, 2011) Summary