1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

In 1932, Herbert John Taylor crafted a simple measuring stick of ethics for employees of his struggling cookware company, a short code its 250 workers could easily memorize. The guidelines’ embrace helped rescue the business by marking it as a company with integrity. Eleven years later, The Four-Way Test was adopted as one of Rotary’s guiding principles.

Taylor, RI’s 44th president, championed the code in all aspects of life. “Let us apply The Four-Way Test to our relations with youth, he wrote, “and then I am certain we will all become more determined to give as much as possible of our time.

 

The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships. The test has been translated into more than 100 languages.