Declaration Of Ethics
*TOL Awards*
I, Dee Mathes, Owner of all Awards Programs held
at the Touch Of Love, (TOL) web site, do hereby declare on behalf of myself and
any other Evaluator/s who may be contracted at any time by TOL to evaluate for any
TOL 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.
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.
We agree to allow eligibility to all Applicants who meet the SET (posted
online, written = 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.
We agree not to discriminate on grounds of race, gender, nation of
origin, religion, profession, age, mental or physical handicap, or any
other reason which is not globally viewed as an illegal trait or manner of
conduct.
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.
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.
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.
We agree to maintain a professional, friendly and positive manner in
any and/or all correspondence and/or communication held with any
Applicant/s.
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.
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.
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 TOL are copyrighted material and
written authorization is required for their use.
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.
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 *200* pixels Height and *200* pixels Width.)
We agree that there will be only one obligation for winning Awards from
this web site beyond meeting the Criteria. It is not, and never will be,
mandatory at this web site to sign a Guest book or to join a mailing list.
It is a requirement that any Awards granted from this web site must be
linked back to our web site in a method that will be outlined in Award
notification e-mails.
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.
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.
We agree that we will take all measures necessary to maintain the
honor and integrity of our Awards Programs.
Submitted on this day, Saturday, December 09, 2000.
|
