The Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do is a test used by Rotarians world-wide as a moral code for personal and business relationships. The test can be applied to almost any aspect of life.
The test was created by Herbert J. Taylor in 1932 as he set out to save the Club Aluminum Products Distribution Company from bankruptcy. In 1940s when Taylor was an international director of Rotary, he offered the Four Way Test to Rotary, and it was adopted by Rotary International in 1943. Never changed, these 24 words remained as one of Rotary's Guiding Principles. The test has been translated into more than 100 languages.
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