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 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.
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