The Objects of Kiwanis

The six permanent Objects of Kiwanis International were approved by Kiwanis club delegates at the 1924 Convention in Denver, Colorado. Through the succeeding decades, they have remained unchanged.  Consider the meaning of these words as you read them.  Kiwanians are guided by these precepts and principles throughout their daily lives.  We, the members of the Kiwanis Club of Fallbrook, accept these objectives.  

• To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.
• To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
• To promote the adoption and the application of higher social, business and professional standards.
• To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive and serviceable citizenship.
• To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service and to build better communities.
• To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism and good will.

The Kiwanis Code of Ethics

Kiwanis International, dedicated to the promotion of higher social, business, and professional standards and to the development, by precept and example, of a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship, recognizes the Golden Rule as a guide for everyday life. This code embodies the ideals set forth in the second, third, and fourth Objects of Kiwanis.  It sets forth the individual Kiwanian's obligation and responsibility to understand and apply the above ideals.  We, the members of the Kiwanis Club of Fallbrook accept these ideals.  In the application of its principles it is our obligation to:

• To recognize God as the Supreme Ruler and to abide by His immutable laws.

• To endeavor to perfect myself in my chosen occupation, and to use it to the best of my ability as an opportunity to serve others.
• To conduct my business or profession on a high ethical plane, so that others emulating my example will help to raise the standards of the vocation in which I am engaged.
• To maintain the spirit of fairness in competition, and help eradicate all forms of deception that violates the spirit of the law.
• To exert my influence to provide equal opportunity for the well-being of mankind.
• To promote harmony in everyday contacts, realizing that happiness is one of the major objectives of life, and that happiness depends more on the way we meet the events of life than on the events themselves.
• To improve relations between employer and employee, recognizing that tolerance, intelligence, and justice are the common ground on which all disputes should be settled.
• To exemplify good citizenship in appreciation of the fact that the strength of the nation depends upon the caliber of its individual citizens.