The Rotary Club of Decatur, Texas is a
non-profit organization of local business and professional people of
high morals and ethics, who
meet weekly to organize and participate in community and humanitarian
projects on the local and international level.
Our meetings are held on Thursdays at noon at the First United Methodist
Church Wesley Center at 200 E. Main.
You are invited to join us at the
meeting and will be most welcome. Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders
that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in
all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world.
Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 32,000 clubs in
168 countries.
Object of Rotary
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a
basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
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 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.
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Upcoming Events
- July 1 - New Fiscal Year Starts
- August 1 - Secured District Grant for Dictionary Project
- September 25 - Chamber of Commerce Mixer at the Civic Center
- October 4 - Wine Tasting at the Decatur Visitor Center
- more ...
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The Four-Way Test
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 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:
"Of the things we think, say or do:
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Is it the TRUTH?
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Is it FAIR to all concerned?
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Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
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Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"
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