Rotary Values

ROTARY VALUES

FELLOWSHIP

A friendly feeling that exists between people who have a shared interest or are doing something as a group.

INTEGRITY

The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change.

DIVERSITY

The fact that there are many different ideas or opinions about something, and many different types of things or people being included. We’re all unique.

SERVICE

The particular skills that someone has and can offer as work done or help provided to others.

LEADERSHIP

The set of characteristics, qualities and abilities that makes a good leader.

WE DO

  • Show genuine interest in others
  • Give people space to be themselves
  • Show tolerance, support and behave with courtesy
  • Talk face-to-face when we have something difficult to say
  • Place trust in others
  • Deliver on our promises
  • Tell people what is happening
  • Challenge constructively
  • Value and welcome people of all skills, types, ages and cultures
  • Treat people with dignity
  • Encourage all to take on roles
  • Call out discriminatory practices
  • Focus on community needs
  • Engage with others
  • Use all our skills
  • Find out what is needed
  • Share best practice and expertise
  • Show compassion and empathy
  • Encourage others, even when they make mistakes
  • Encourage new thinking
  • Encourage prudent risk-taking

WE DON'T

  • Exclude people
  • Stay in our cliques
  • Ridicule lack of experience or skill
  • Ignore contributions or comments
  • Use social media for bad behaviour or personal opinions
  • Spread gossip or malicious rumours
  • Seek personal gain
  • Bend the rules to suit us
  • Keep things to ourselves
  • Ignore inappropriate behaviours or words
  • Ignore others’ belief sets
  • Create barriers
  • Only do what we’ve always done
  • Make excuses for not getting involved
  • Ignore contributions
  • Make assumptions about what people need
  • Undermine others’ ideas
  • Ignore others’ views
  • Stay dogmatic or unbending
  •  Ignore breaches of these values

ROTARY VALUES

FELLOWSHIP

A friendly feeling that exists between people who have a shared interest or are doing something as a group.

WE DO

  • Show genuine interest in others
  • Give people space to be themselves
  • Show tolerance, support and behave with courtesy
  • Talk face-to-face when we have something difficult to say

WE DON’T

  • Exclude people
  • Stay in our cliques
  • Ridicule lack of experience or skill
  • Ignore contributions or comments
  • Use social media for bad behaviour or personal opinions

INTEGRITY

The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change.

WE DO

  • Place trust in others
  • Deliver on our promises
  • Tell people what is happening
  • Challenge constructively

WE DON’T

  • Spread gossip or malicious rumours
  • Seek personal gain
  • Bend the rules to suit us
  • Keep things to ourselves

DIVERSITY

The fact that there are many different ideas or opinions about something, and many different types of things or people being included. We’re all unique.

WE DO

  • Value and welcome people of all skills, types, ages and cultures
  • Treat people with dignity
  • Encourage all to take on roles
  • Call out discriminatory practices

WE DON’T

  • Ignore inappropriate behaviours or words
  • Ignore others’ belief sets
  • Create barriers

SERVICE

The particular skills that someone has and can offer as work done or help provided to others.

WE DO

  • Focus on community needs
  • Engage with others
  • Use all our skills
  • Find out what is needed
  • Share best practice and expertise

WE DON’T

  • Only do what we’ve always done
  • Make excuses for not getting involved
  • Ignore contributions
  • Make assumptions about what people need

LEADERSHIP

The set of characteristics, qualities and abilities that makes a good leader.

WE DO

  • Show compassion and empathy
  • Encourage others, even when they make mistakes
  • Encourage new thinking
  • Encourage prudent risk-taking

WE DON’T

  • Undermine others’ ideas
  • Ignore others’ views
  • Stay dogmatic or unbending
  •  Ignore breaches of these values