What Is Rotary
The Object of Rotary is to encourage the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and in particular, to encourage:
First
The development of friendship 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 to 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.