The Rotary “4-Way Test” has become an important fixture in Rotary Saskatoon and Rotary International – guiding Rotary Saskatoon members in their personal lives as well as in their professional lives.
The Four-Way Test From the earliest days of the organization, Rotary Saskatoon
members 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 Four-Way Test, which was created in 1932
by Rotary member Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as Rotary International
president) when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing
bankruptcy. This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and
professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all
relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is
credited to this simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The Four-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:
- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?”
Rotary Saskatoon members like to add:
- Is it FUN?
Rotary Saskatoon members of the Nutana Club put together a creative and fun way to remember the 4-Way Test. Add a line, set it to music and sing it!
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