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Code Of Ethics
I, Vicki
Reece, owner
of all award programs held at the Treasures Of The
Web / Treasured Web Awards web site, do hereby declare on
behalf of myself and any other evaluator/s who may be contracted at any
time by Treasures Of The Web / Treasured Web Awards to evaluate for any
Treasures Of The Web / Treasured Web Award
sponsored award
program, that we agree to
advance and promote the web site evaluator Code of Ethics in order to
ensure fairness to all applicants and to maintain the honor and
integrity of applicants, evaluators and awards.
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We agree that all
critiques given will be constructive in nature as positive comment
is productive. We will refrain from criticism unless specifically
requested by an applicant, and in such instances, will remain
positive where possible in an effort to promote goodwill and advance
the level of quality among internet sites.
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We agree to allow
eligibility to all applicants who meet the set Criteria of any particular award. We agree to be
uniform in our eligibility requirements (Criteria) and will fairly
evaluate all sites/pages meeting our Criteria which are submitted by
any applicant. We further agree to clearly post these Criteria
items.
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We agree not to
discriminate on grounds of race, gender, nation of origin, profession, age, mental or physical handicap, or any other reason
which is not globally viewed as an illegal trait or manner of
conduct.
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We agree to set forth
awards Criteria and to adhere to same. Proposed time frames for
changes will be posted for two (2) weeks prior to the final
publishing of same with notices posted on site so all potential
applicants can view and understand the proposed changes.
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We agree to evaluate
web sites under the Criteria which was in place at the time of any
and/or all application/s. If changes are made to Criteria AFTER
application/s is/are received, the submitted site/s will be
evaluated using the Criteria that was in effect when applicant/s
initially submitted the site/s.
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We agree to
immediately inform any Criteria compliant applicant in writing, of a
'Refrain to Evaluate' if it is found that a conflict of interest
would occur in evaluating their web site - e.g. such may occur upon
being requested to evaluate the web site of a good friend. We will
offer such applicant a choice of evaluator taken from our membership
listing.
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We agree to maintain
a professional, friendly and positive manner in any and/or all
correspondence and/or communication held with any applicant/s.
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We agree to evaluate
all submitted sites within four (4) weeks of receipt of submission.
If this deadline cannot be met, we agree to suspend submissions
until we can again work within this timeframe.
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We agree not to
divulge any information about any applicant to persons, groups, or
agencies not directly connected to our awards programs, and only
then for the purpose of evaluating submissions and notifying
winners. All information received from applicants via e-mail
submissions or submission forms will be deemed private.
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We agree to encourage
and promote the use of original material for awards programs
Criteria and evaluation processes. We agree to assist any person
requesting advice concerning ethical evaluation for and disbursement
of awards. PLEASE NOTE: The awards evaluation processes in use at Treasures
Of The Web / Treasured
Web Awards are copyrighted material and written
authorization is required for their use.
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We agree to maintain
any owned individual web site/s that include awards program/s to a
standard that meets the Criteria of the award/s given. In the case
of any award/s offered that is/are outside the main subject of our
web site/s, any and/or all such web site/s will be maintained to a
high standard of integrity in all its/their main areas.
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We agree to maximum
dimensions of awards given in courtesy of web sites that will use
them. If the maximum dimensions cannot be adhered to then a text
only link will be permitted for graphics larger than maximum size.
(Maximum size dimensions offered from this web site are: no more
than *150* pixels
Height and *150*
pixels Width.)
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We agree that there
will be only one obligation for winning awards from this web site
beyond meeting the Criteria and that is that the winner post the
award on their winning site. It is not, and never will be, mandatory
at this web site to sign a guest book, join a mailing list, or link
our awards back to us. The linking of our awards is at the
discretion of the winning site.
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We agree that we will
not grant awards to, or in any other manner endorse or promote, any
web site that endorses, promotes or contains content which is
considered globally to be illegal or discriminatory whether same be
against human or wildlife.
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We agree that we will
not accept favors of any sort in exchange for preferential treatment
of submissions. We will at all times maintain a high standard of
honesty and integrity.
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We agree that we will
take all measures necessary to maintain the honor and integrity of
our award program.
Submitted on this 16th day of
February 2002.
* The above Code of Ethics was
written by Rhonda Serong of ONZCDA™.
She has graciously allowed the awards community to adapt it for their
use.
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