Vocational Service:
Vocational Service - The Soul of Rotary
Rotary's second Avenue of Service. Its purpose includes promoting high ethical standards in businesses and professions, recognizing the worthiness of all useful occupations , and fostering the ideal of service in the pursuit of all vocations. The role of the club includes developing projects that help members contribute their talents to meeting society’s needs. The role of Rotarians includes conducting themselves and their businesses in accordance with Rotary principles and responding to projects their clubs develop.
The second of the four avenues of serrvice, Vocational Service fosters and supports the application of ideal of service in all vocations . Inherent in the Vocational Service ideal are:
Adherence to and promotion of the highest ethical standards in all occupations, including fidelity to the employers, the employees and associates as well as fair treatment of those with whom one has business or professional relations.
The recognition of the worthiness the to society of all useful occupations, not just one's own or of those pursued by other Rotarians.
The contribution of one's vocational talents to the problems and needs of society.
Vocational service is the resposnibility of both the Rotary Club as well as its members:
The role of thc club is to implement and encourage the objectives by example, through frequent development and demonstrations of projects that help members contribute vocational talents.
The role of members is to conduct themselves, their business and their professions, in accordance with Rotary principles and to respond to projects which the club has developed.
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