From the earliest days, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical
standards in their professional lives. One of the world's most widely
printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The 4-Way Test,
which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor.
Adopted by Rotary in 1943,
The 4-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages
and published in thousands of ways.
It asks the following four
questions:
"Of the things we think, say or
do:
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Is it the TRUTH?
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Is it FAIR to all concerned?
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Will it build GOODWILL and
BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
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Will it be BENEFICIAL to all
concerned?"
