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About
Us!
OBJECTS OF
LIONISM
To create and
foster a spirit of generous consideration among the
peoples of the world through a study of the problems
of international relationships.
To promote the
theory and practice of the principles of good
government and good citizenship.
To take an
active interest in the civic, social and moral
welfare of the community.
To unite the
members in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship
and mutual understanding.
To provide a
forum for the full and free discussion of all
matters of public interest, partisan politics and
sectarian religion alone excepted.
To encourage
efficiency and promote high ethical standards in
business and professions; provided that no club
shall hold out as one of its objects financial
benefits to its members.
LIONS CODE
OF ETHICS
Individual
members of Lions International are guided by a Code
of Ethics which, with only minor changes, has stood
the test of time since its adoption by the
International Convention of 1918.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Whenever a
doubt arises as to the right or ethics of my
position or action towards my fellow men, to resolve
such doubt against myself.
5. To hold
friendships 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.
6. 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.
7. To aid my
fellow men by giving my sympathy to those in
distress, my aid to the weak, and my substance to
the needy.
8. To be
careful with my criticism and liberal with my
praise; to build up and not destroy.
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