Purposes and Ethics
TO CREATE- and foster a spirt 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, provide, however,
that partisan politics sectarian religion shall not be
debated by club members.
TO ENCOURAGE- serivce minded people to serve their community with out personal financial
reward, and to encourage efficiency and promise
high ethical standards to commerce, industry,
professions, public works and private endeavors.
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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.
Lions Clubs International Code of Ethics
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- bear in mind my obligations as a
citizen to my nation, my state, and my community,
and to give them my unswerving loyality
in work,
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.
To read about the life of Melvin Jones, click on his picture above.
To read the Lions International story about him -
To visit the Melvin Jones Memorial in Arizona -
