Rotary International

To encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprises and, in particular, to encourage and foster: the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; 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 service society; the application of the ideal of service in each rotarian's personal, business and community life; and the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.