ROTARY SERVICE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22524, 15 September 1936, Page 11

ROTARY SERVICE

VOCATIONAL WORK INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY The responsibility of individual Rotajrians to the vocation they represented, and to society as a whole, was the keynote of addresses -arranged by the vocational service committee, which were delivered at the Auckland Rotary Club's luncheon meeting yesterday. Mr. D. Henry presided. The first speaker was the chairman of the committee, Mr. W. Calder Mackay, who referred to the responsibility of each individual Rotarian to carry out vocational service. He said vocational service was not a thing that could be carried on by the club as a body. ;In vocational service lay Rotary's sole claim to be a unique body. The Rotarian ideal should be to develop the highest and best in members, aiul give that best in service to their fellows, their club, the community, and their country. ; .The relationship of . employers and employees was dealt with by Mr. F. Baskett, who stressed the responsibility of an employer to a boy coming into a new position. He said that it was the duty of members as employers to endeavour to put youth on the right rails that would lead to success, rather than let them drift into any channels. It meant everything in the career of a youth for an employer to take a positive and active interest in his welfare.

Mr. A. - E. Ford spoke on the relationship between buyer and seller, and asked several business questions, such as: —"Is it ethical for a business man in purchasing to bargain for the lowest price, irrespective of the cost of production?" and "Is it fair to sell nationally advertised goods at less than the advertised price?" He stated that to deal with such problems Canada had' established better business bureaux, which . sent representatives to interview any who had transgressed ethical business standards. He thought that the Canadian idea could be followed in New Zealand.