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 31,000 Rotary clubs
located in 166 countries.
Rotary Membership
Rotary club members are
part of a diverse group of professional leaders working to
address various community and international service needs.
Through community service and other means, Rotary club members
help promote peace and understanding throughout the world.
Our members are our most important asset. They are the force
that allows Rotary to carry out its many humanitarian efforts
and achieve its mission.
Declaration of Rotarians in
Businesses and Professions
The Declaration of Rotarians
in Businesses and Professions was adopted by the Rotary International
Council on Legislation in 1989 to provide more specific guidelines
for the high ethical standards called for in the Object of
Rotary:
As a Rotarian engaged in a business or profession,
I am expected to:
Consider my vocation to be
another opportunity to serve;
Be faithful to the
letter and to the spirit of the ethical codes of my
vocation, to the laws of my country, and to the moral
standards of my community;
Do all in my power
to dignify my vocation and to promote the highest ethical
standards in my chosen vocation;
Be fair to my employer,
employees, associates, competitors, customers, the public,
and all those with whom I have a business or professional
relationship;
Recognize the honour and respect due to
all occupations which are useful to society;
Offer my vocational
talents: to provide opportunities for young people,
to work for the relief of the special needs of others,
and to improve the quality of life in my community;
Adhere to honesty
in my advertising and in all representations to the
public concerning my business or profession;
Neither seek from
nor grant to a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage
not normally accorded others in a business or professional
relationship.
Rotary Objectives are to encourage and foster
the ideals of service as a basis of worthy enterprise, and
in particular to encourage and foster :
The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.
High ethical standards in business and profession, the recognition
of worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying
by each Rotarian of his occupation as an opportunity to
serve Society. The application of the ideals of service
by every Rotarian in his personal business and community
life. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill
and peace, through a world fellowship of business and professional
men united in the ideals of service.
RI Mission Statement
The mission of Rotary International is to support
its member clubs in fulfilling the Object of Rotary by:
Fostering unity among member
clubs;
Strengthening and expanding Rotary around
the world;
Communicating worldwide the work of Rotary;
and Providing a system of international administration
