Building People and Organizations on the MTG Philosophy
First written in FY2018. 3 of 6 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 5 of 31 companies on the "Worse" side.
30 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「The Group calls its philosophy of corporate management and basis for decision-making, as well as its guiding principles for all employees to lead fulfilling lives, the Hikari Philosophy. On 1 January 2021, it newly formulated the philosophy based on the former MTG Philosophy. Under its corporate principles, the company has three pillars of management: the Hikari Philosophy, the business vision and the Group management system.」
The Company continues to position 光フィロソフィ, its business vision and its group management system as the three pillars of management. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「Under its corporate principles, the company has three pillars of management: the Hikari Philosophy, the business vision and the Group management system.」
The company reaffirmed the Hikari Philosophy, reformulated in 2021, as one of the three pillars of management alongside the business vision and the Group management system. - FY2021ReframedAnnual report
「The Group calls its philosophy of corporate management and basis for decision-making, as well as its guiding principles for all employees to lead fulfilling lives, the Hikari Philosophy. On 1 January 2021, it newly formulated the philosophy based on the former MTG Philosophy.」
Based on the former MTG Philosophy, the company changed the name and reformulated it as the Hikari Philosophy on 1 January 2021, linking it to the corporate principle: "One person shines, everyone shines, everything shines." - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「The Group regards the MTG Philosophy, its philosophy of corporate management and basis for decision-making, and relationships of trust with all officers and employees and external partners as the foundation of all aspects of its management.」
The company reaffirmed the MTG Philosophy as the foundation of management, with relationships of trust with officers, employees and external partners, human-resource development and the permeation of its principles serving as the basis for sustainable growth. - FY2019-Q3ReframedAnnual report
「The company will transform its management approach, formerly led by the representative director because of its status as a venture company, into a collective management leadership structure that embraces diversity.」
The company indicated a shift from the conventional representative-director-led management approach to a collective management leadership structure incorporating diverse talent and differing opinions. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「The Group manages the company as an organization that is strong in people and wins through people, with like-minded colleagues building relationships of trust and working toward realizing the vision set out by the Group.」
The company has identified the MTG Philosophy as the philosophy and basis for decision-making in its management, and for the first time explicitly stated that relationships of trust with employees and external partners, human-resource development and the permeation of its principles form the foundation for growth.