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Lions Clubs
International
OBJECTS
TO CREATE and
foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the
world.
TO
PROMOTE the principles of good government and good citizenship.
TO TAKE
an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral
welfare of the community.
TO UNITE
the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship and
mutual understanding.
TO
PROVIDE a forum for the open discussion of all matters of
public interest; provided, however, that partisan politics and
sectarian religion shall not be debated by club members.
TO
ENCOURAGE service-minded people to serve their community
without personal financial reward, and to encourage efficiency and
promote high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions,
public works and private endeavors. |
LIONS
Code of Ethics
TO SHOW my
faith in the worthiness of my vocation by industrious application
to the end that I may merit a reputation for quality of service.
TO SEEK
success and to demand all fair remuneration or profit as my
just due, but to accept no profit or success at the price of my
own self-respect lost because of unfair advantage taken or because
of questionable acts on my part.
TO
REMEMBER that in building up my business it is not necessary to
tear down another’s; to be loyal to my clients or customers and
true to myself.
WHENEVER
a doubt arises as to the right or ethics of my position or
action towards others, to resolve such doubt against myself.
TO HOLD
friendship as an end and not a means. To hold that true
friendship exists not on account of the service performed by one
to another, but that true friendship demands nothing but accepts
service in the spirit in which it is given.
ALWAYS
to bear in mind my obligations as a citizen to my nation, my
state and my community, and to give them my unswerving loyalty in
word, act and deed. To give them freely of my time, labor, and
means.
TO AID
others by giving my sympathy to those in distress, my aid to
the weak, and my substance to the needy.
TO BE
CAREFUL with my criticism and liberal with my praise; to build
up and not destroy. |
