Bethel Rotary Presents
Four-Way-Test Award

Tom Steventon was honored last week by the Bethel Area Rotary Club with the Four-Way Test award.

Steventon, a Stanley Tool employee for 21 years, was selected by plant manager Jerry Kresconko as exemplifying the spirit of Rotary’s "four-way test" in business and professional life.

"Tom is the most fair and truthful person I know on the planet," remarked Kresconko during Monday's ceremony. Steventon is lead maintenance person, and is valued as an outstanding employee, coworker and friend.

He is also a past Mason, Vietnam veteran, member of the VFW, avid sportsman (hunting and fishing), and member of the Federated Church of Rochester. His wife, Cindy, attended the ceremony.

This is the second Four-Way-Test award given this year by the Bethel Area Rotary Club. The award is given quarterly and selection of companies rotates from the club’s area towns: Pittsfield, Rochester, Stockbridge, Barnard, Royalton, and Tunbridge.

The Test

From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. One of the world's most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The Four-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy. It asks the following four questions:

"Of all the things we say and do: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

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