Thank you for your interest in learning more about Rotary! Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional
leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards
in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately
1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 32,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas.
Please visit the following links to find out about the immesnse benefits, opportunities, and accomplishments of Rotary International!
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Object of Rotary
The Object of Rotary
is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise
and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST. The development of acquaintance
as an opportunity for service;
SECOND. High ethical standards in business
and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations,
and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD.
The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business,
and community life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding,
goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons
united in the ideal of service.
Back to topThe Four-Way 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 (who later served as
RI president) when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy.
This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and professional
lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations
with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this
simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The Four-Way Test has been translated
into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It asks
the following four questions:
"Of the things we think, say or do:
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Is it the TRUTH?
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Is it FAIR to all concerned?
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Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
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Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"
Back to topProspective MembersRotarians are business and professional leaders who take an active
role in their communities while greatly enriching their personal and
professional lives. A Rotary club contains a diverse group of
professional leaders from the community that the club serves.
Membership in a Rotary club offers a number of benefits, including:
- Effecting change within the community.
- Developing leadership skills.
- Gaining an understanding of — and having an impact on — international humanitarian issues.
- Developing relationships with community and business leaders.
Through Rotary's service programs, a Rotary club can have a
significant effect on the quality of life in its community. Programs of
The Rotary Foundation offer opportunities to form international
partnerships that help people in need worldwide. More than 1.2 million
Rotarians make significant contributions to the quality of life at home
and around the globe.
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Benefits of RotaryRotary membership provides the opportunity to:
- Become connected to your community.
- Work with others in addressing community needs.
- Interact with other professionals in your community;
assist with RI's international humanitarian service efforts. - Establish contacts with an international network of professionals.
- Develop leadership skills.
- Involve family in promoting service efforts.
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