Vocational Month - making a difference

I went to Wikipedia and typed in Vocational and I got this result:

Many forms of humanitarian campaigning, such as work for organisations such as Amnesty International and Greenpeace can also be considered vocations.

Clearly, since the origination of Vocational Guidance in 1908, by the engineer Frank Parsons, the use of the term 'vocation' has evolved to include the notion of using our talents and capabilities to good-effect in choosing and enjoying a career. This expansion of the use of word has led to the term being used with far less reference to religious ideology and harks back to the Latin origination of the word.

I like the words using our talents and capabilities to good-effect in choosing and enjoying a career.

Vocational Service involves club members serving others through their professions and aspiring to high ethical standards. Rotarians, as business leaders, share skills and expertise through their vocations, and they inspire others in the process.  

Doug Hutchison (President of RC of Hawera) has developed a vocational booklet.  This resource he has offered to the District as a resource to be used in ways to promote good practices in business.  I fully endorse his work. 

The intent is that, if used, it becomes a contract between individuals or groups of individuals.

It is written in the sense of an agreement rather that a rule book.   

One of the five avenues of service for Rotarians is the “adherence to, and promotion of, the highest ethical standards in all occupations, including fair treatment of employers, employees, associates, competitors, and the public.” Such statements can mean different things for each of these groups and so this booklet has been put together to spell out in clear terms what that can mean under New Zealand Law. Our Rotary International Strategic Plan calls for a priority of “enhancing our public image”, with a guideline to “promote our core values”. So this booklet is timely. It is not a “rule book”, it is a code of conduct “contract” that can be used in business or in families. We urge you to make use of it and in the words of this booklet lets all of us start - “walking the talk”.

OUR CODE OF CONDUCT

Let me know if you use this resource and how you have gone about it. Or add a comment to this posting.