Knowing the Basics about Rotary

Knowing the Basics about Rotary

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Definition of Rotary

Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

There are approximately 1.2 million Rotarians, members of more than 29,000 Rotary clubs in 161 countries.


Derivation of theRotary Name

The name Rotary was chosen to reflect the custom, in the early days of the first Rotary Club in Chicago, of rotating the site of club meetings among the members' places of business. This rotation, an integral part of the founder's original concept, was designed to acquaint members with one another's vocations and to promote business, but the club's rapid growth soon made the custom impractical.


Object of RotaryThe 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.


Avenues of Service in Rotary

Since 1927, the program of Rotary has been carried out on four Avenues of Service. These avenues are :• Club service• Vocational service• Community service • International service


Getting to Know More AboutAvenues of Service in Rotary

Club Service

Club Service includes the scope of activities that Rotarians undertake in support of their club, such as serving on committees, proposing individuals for membership, and meeting attendance requirements.



Vocational Service

Vocational Service focuses on the opportunity that Rotarians have to represent their professions as well as their efforts to promote vocational awareness and high ethical standards in business.



Community Service

Community Service includes the scope of activities which Rotarians undertake to improve the quality of life in their community.



International Service

International Service describes the activities which Rotarians undertake to advance international understanding, goodwill and peace.


The 4 Way Test

• One of the most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics in the world

• Created by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor in 1932 when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy.

• Adopted by Rotary in 1943

• Has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways


The 4 Way Test

"Of the things we think, say or do:

1. Is it the Truth? 2. Is it Fair to all concerned? 3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships? 4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?"


Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions

• Adopted by the Rotary International Council on Legislation in 1989.

Its aim :To provide more specific guidelines for the high ethical standards called for in the Object of Rotary.


Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions

• 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 honor 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.

As a Rotarian engaged in a business or profession, I am expected to:


Mission Statement of Rotary

The mission of Rotary International is to assist and guide Rotarians and Rotary clubs to accomplish the Object of Rotary, to ensure Rotary's continuing relevance, and to help build a better world, emphasizing service activities by individuals and groups that enhance the quality of life and human dignity, encouraging high ethical standards, and creating greater understanding among all people to advance the search for peace in the world.


Rotary Motto's

Service Above Self

He Profits Most Who Serves Best

• Adopted as official motto at the 1950 RI Convention

• In 1989, the RI Council on Legislation designated "Service above Self" as the principal motto.


The Rotary Wheel

• Rotary's first emblem was a simple wagon wheel representing civilization and movement and was designed in 1905 by Montague Bear.• In 1923, the present gear wheel with 24 cogs and six spokes was adopted.

• A keyway to signify that the wheel was a "worker and not an idler."

• At the RI Convention in 1929, royal blue and gold were chosen as the official colors.

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Membership in Rotary

Membership in a Rotary club is by invitation and is based on the

founder’s paradigm of choosing one representative of each business, profession and institution in the

community.


The Classification Principle

Used to ensure that the members of a club comprise a cross section of their community's business and

professional life.

Classification describes either the principal business or professional service of the organization that he or she works for or the individual Rotarian's own activity within the organization .

Determined by activities or services to society rather than by the position held by the particular individual.

Forsters a fellowship for service based on diversity of interest, and seeks to prevent the predominance in the club of any one group.


The Founder of Rotary

Paul P. Harris1868-1947

• Born in Wisconsin, USA on April 19th, 1868• On 23 February, 1905, Paul Harris formed the first club with three other businessmen, Silvester Schiele, a coal merchant; Gustavus Loehr, a mining engineer; and Hiram Shorey, a merchant tailor• Named the new club "Rotary" because members met in rotation at their various places of business.

Paul P. Harris, a lawyer, was the founder of Rotary,

the world's first and most international service club.


Rotary International andOther Organizations

• Rotary International has been collaborating with many civic and humanitarian organizations as well as the government agencies of various nations in its efforts to improve the human condition.• An excellent example of what these partnerships can accomplish can be found in Rotary's ambitious PolioPlus program. Launched in 1985, in concert with the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and UNICEF.


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