Fayetteville Rotary Club

About Rotary
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 more than 200 countries and geographical areas.

About Membership
Members of a Rotary club are part of a diverse group of professional leaders working to address various community and international service needs and to promote peace and understanding throughout the world. If you would like to be considered for membership by a local Rotary club, complete a Prospective Member Contact Form. RI will forward your information to clubs in your area.

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:

Rotary International http://www.rotary.org News about Rotary, a global network of business and professional leaders who volunteer their time and talents to serve their communities and the world. Copyright 2007, Rotary International en-US Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:25:00 CST Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:25:00 CST Rotary ranked among top five NGOs for corporate partnerships The Financial Times has ranked Rotary International one of the top five nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) for corporate partnerships. In the newspaper’s special supplement, Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy, Rotary came in fifth in the global rankings of 34 finalists. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:25:00 CST http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/announcements/070711_top5ngos.html Peace fellows pledge Rotary Centers support When Gert Danielsen jumped up on stage at a reception for Major Donors at the Rotary World Peace Symposium in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, he made an announcement that took the entire audience by surprise. Out of a desire to give something back, the former Rotary Peace Fellow from Norway pledged to donate US$1,000 every year for the rest of his life to the Rotary Centers program and challenged other peace fellows to do the same. Inspired by Danielsen’s generosity, 2005-07 peace fellow Scott Lang of the United States took up the challenge and also pledged $1,000 annually. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:25:00 CST http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/foundation/070713_fellowsgift.html Spread the word about Rotary with a PR grant Help spread the word about Rotary’s good works in your area. The RI Board of Directors has approved the continuation of the PR grants pilot project at the district level for the 2007-08 Rotary year. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:25:00 CST http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/announcements/070712_prgrants.html Changes for Rotary peace programs The fine-tuning continues for The Rotary Foundation’s two peace programs: the five-year-old Rotary World Peace Fellowships and the year-old Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:25:00 CST http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/programs/070712_peace.html Indie film company a family affair for former scholar Former Rotary Scholar Gabrielle C. Burton and her four sisters make critically acclaimed movies that promote community involvement and social responsibility - not your typical indie film fare. But Five Sisters Productions isn’t your average production company. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:25:00 CST http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/foundation/070702_indie.html