Twenty years later, by applying the Four-Way Test, the company repaid its debts and generously paid its shareholders. Adoption of the test by Rotary In the 1940s, when Taylor was an international director of Rotary, he offered the Four Way Test to the organization, and it was adopted by Rotary for its internal and promotional use. Never changed, the twenty-four word test remains today a central part of the permanent Rotary structure throughout the world, and is held as the standard by which all behaviour should be measured. The test has been promoted around the world and is used in myriad forms to encourage personal and business ethical practices. Taylor gave Rotary International the right to use the test in the 1940s and the copyright in 1954. He retained the right to use the test for himself, his Club Aluminum Company, and the Christian Workers Foundation. Use by the Ghanaian judicial system The test is displayed on billboards in court premises in Ghana. References External links Rotary International The 4-Way Test Association Archived March 2021 Rotary International Codes of conduct