A century ago, Konosuke Matsushita founded Matsushita Electric Works as a light-bulb socket company. His motto was "coexistence and mutual prosperity." Starting as a family venture with his wife and brother, in modern terms this means "corporate social contribution"—abandon the mindset of profit for oneself alone, serve society, and profit will follow.
I wish TEPCO's management, trying to pass Fukushima costs to higher electricity rates, could learn Matsushita's spirit. Before burdening disaster-stricken firms and consumers, did they do all they could internally? Visible cost cuts might win understanding from companies and consumers in the same spirit.
Does the dictionary of "regional monopoly" companies lack the words "coexistence and mutual prosperity"...?