Vocational Service in Rotary

For Rotarians it all begins with Vocation - Membership in Rotary is based on a member’s vocation, with each club striving to create a microcosm of its community’s business and professional world. This unique feature provides the source for Rotary’s historic commitment to vocational service, the second of Rotary’s four Avenues of Service. A brief (1 1/2 minute) video about Vocational Service can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1K4OpqX3Qc

Through vocational service, Rotarians are expected to adhere to and promote high ethical standards in all their business dealings, recognize the worthiness of all useful occupations, and contribute their professional expertise and skills to addressing societal problems and needs.

We have a Four Way Test, adopted across the world by Rotary in 1934:

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?

Each club and its members share responsibility for promoting vocational service - so Clubs and districts are encouraged to develop their own award programs to recognize Rotarians and non-Rotarians for demonstrating outstanding commitment to the principles of vocational service. Several of the projects and activities that RCBN does to further vocational service will be highlighted in the next two weeks.

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