Our Mission

 

Encourage and foster the ideal of service, as worthy enterprise, through the four objectives of Rotary.

 

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 serve society
The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business and community life
The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world of fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service

 

 

 

From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. One of the world's 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 Rotary International 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.

 

The Four-Way Test:

 

We've added a fifth at our club.  Is it fun?  The answer is it's always fun at the Rotary Club of Waikiki!