Rotary's Core Values

 

Service: We believe that our service activities and programs bring about greater world understanding and peace. Service is a significant element of our mission. Through the plans and actions of individual clubs, we create a culture of service throughout our organization that provides unparalleled satisfaction for those who serve.

Fellowship: We believe that individual efforts focus on individual needs, but combined efforts serve humanity. The power of combined efforts knows no limitation, multiplies resources, and broadens our lives and perspectives. Fellowship leads to tolerance and transcends racial, national, and other boundaries.

Diversity: We believe Rotary unifies all people internationally behind the ideal of service. We encourage a variety of vocations within our membership and in our activities and service work. A club that reflects its business and professional community is a club with a key to its future.

Integrity: We are committed to and expect accountability from our leaders and fellow members, both in the results of our efforts and in the processes we use to accomplish our goals. We adhere to high ethical and professional standards in our work and personal relationships. We are fair and respectful in our interactions, and we conscientiously steward the resources entrusted to us.

Leadership: We are a global fellowship of individuals who are leaders in their fields of endeavour. We believe in the importance of leadership development and leadership as a quality of our members. As Rotarians, we are leaders in implementing our core values.

 

These core values are reflected in the Object of Rotary and The Four-Way Test, which we use in our daily lives. They inspire us to foster and support the ideal of service for developing and maintaining integrity in human relations.