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Examples of the Four Way Test in Business |
| From the Rotary Club of
New York City #6 in a 2003 club newsletter came this item from Matts O. Ingemanson |
Rotarian Taylor Gray sent the following very interesting information
about Walgreens: I was just reading the Walgreens annual report. In 1956, Charles R. Walgreen Jr, the son of the drug store chain's founder, adopted the Rotary Four Way Test as the firm's set of guiding principles to guide employees to consider when making decisions about what they think, say or do. It now hangs in the nearly 4,000 stores that Walgreens runs. Regards, Taylor  Billboard put up by Rotary Club of Oakland #3 in the late 1950's.  Lighter from the collection of Dr. Wolfgang Ziegler  The Four-Way TestOne of Charles R. Walgreen, Jr.'s most enduring contributions to the company that his father founded has been the Four-Way Test, written by a friend at Rotary International and adapted for Walgreens in 1955. Based on the ethical business principles he learned from his father, these four questions are the foundation of the Walgreen Way: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendship? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? What do these questions have to do with diversity? Everything. At Walgreens, we care deeply about treating everyone with respect. As it is stated in the Walgreen Creed, "We believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in cheer, in friendship, and in honest competition." That's the right way to do business, and it gives Walgreens a tremendous competitive advantage.  Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. - Former Chairman and President Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Former Chairman and President |
| Four way test sleeps… - Rtr. Rajesh Bajracharya (7th Sept. 2005) Everyone needs a break Accomplishing a huge task Everyone does need a break When one courageously unveils real mask Everyone needs a break So does every Rotary Rotary needs a break Accomplishing Herculean task Each Rotary at work needs a break But friends, that’s when 4 way test sleeps… For every time, Rotary deceives Club selfishness and the four way test sleeps Whenever raw overtaking rules are at work Without heart, the four way test sleeps Whenever action overtakes vision, it sleeps… Every time the four way test sleeps Evil through dreams it creeps For every time, Rotaract is forgotten Through the tiredness, enters sins rotten For every time Rotary rushes, The truth, without creating fusses The four way test slips, it simply just sleeps! Yours-in-Rotaract Rtr. Rajesh Bajracharya District Director, Intl. Service Avenue and Public Relations 2005/06 ADRR Council of Nepal Clubs RI district 3290 Past President Rotaract Club of Lalitpur |
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