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Ethics, and subscribe to the Barcelona Principles. What might that mean? Here are a few highlights.
• Lions eye banks encourage, promote, improve, and establish Lions eye banking internationally, so that quality eye tissue for corneal transplants, research, and other medical purposes may be provided. They publicize the role and service of eye banks.
• The Lions Code of Ethics was established from a business point of view, and Lions club members pledge to accept no profit or success at the price of their own self-respect lost because of unfair advantage taken or because of questionable acts. They give sympathy to those in distress, aid to the weak, and substance to the needy.
• TheBarcelonaPrinciplesareanagreementontheuseofhumandonated tissue for ocular transplantation, research, and future technologies. The Principles are put out by the Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations, an internationally-recognized association that supports the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Initiative for Medical Products of Human Origin, and the WHO Guiding Principles on Human Cell, Tissue and Organ Transplantation.
Service from the Heart
Lions Clubs International chose Service from the Heart as the theme for the 2022-2022 Lions year. A beautiful choice for this service organization:. Says Lions International president, Douglas X. Alexander, “Service to others is the rent we pay for the space we occupy here on earth.” The world is facing many challenges, and great things can be achieved when we join together.
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