Mailing Address: Box 161, New
Milford, CT 06776
E-Mail: info@nmrotary.org;
New Milford is in western Connecticut about 12 miles north
of Danbury. It is the southernmost town in District
7890. The club was chartered January 12, 1960. The club annually raises in excess of
$40,000 which was used to support various local and
international projects. Email us for information on becoming a member.
Rotary International is one of the largest service
organizations in the world with more than 1 million members
worldwide. It is the only service organization to have a
permanent representative to the United Nations. The
Rotary Foundation provides grants for Rotary initiatives
throughout the world, including cultural exchanges, graduate
level scholarships, humanitarian projects, and Polio
Plus. Rotary, working with the United Nations, is
leading the effort to eradicate polio in all countries.
Rotary has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars and
countless volunteer hours in this campaign over the past
twenty years.
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Rotary's Four-Way Test |
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?"
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From the earliest days of the
organization, 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 Four-Way Test,
which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J.
Taylor (who later served as RI 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. |
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