Our Club
The Object of Rotary is a guiding principle that reflects the core values and purpose of Rotary International. It’s meant to encourage and foster the ideal of “service above self” as a basis for worthy enterprise. The Object has four main points:
FIRST
The development of acquaintance 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 in each Rotarian’s person, 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
The Four-Way Test
From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. Once of the worlds most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The Four-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as RI President) when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy.
This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The Four-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It asks the following four questions…
Did You Know?
The Sheridan Rotary Club has served the Sheridan Community for more than 100 years.
