Lions
International Objects
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To Create
and foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the world.
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To Promote
the principle of good government and good citizenship.
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To Take
an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of
the community.
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To Unite
the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship and mutual
understanding.
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To Provide
a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest;
provided, however, that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall
not be debated by club members.
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To
Encourage service-minded people to serve their community without
personal financial reward, and to encourage efficiency and promote
high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public
works and private endeavors.
PROUD TO BE SRI LANKAN
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Lions Code of
Ethics
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Whenever
a doubt arises as to the right or ethics of my position or action
towards others, to resolve such doubts against myself.
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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 another, but
that true friendship demands nothing but accepts service in the spirit
in which it is given.
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Always
to bear in mind my obligations as a citizen to my nation, my state,
and my community, as to give them my unswerving loyalty in word, act,
and deed. To give them freely of my time, labor and means.
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To Aid
others by giving my sympathy to those in distress, my aid to the weak,
and my substance to the needy.
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To Be Careful with my criticism and liberal with my praise; to
build up and not destroy
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