I,
Rudolf Esterer, Owner of all Awards Programs held at the Rudolfs
Folksmarch-Page web
site, do hereby declare on behalf of myself, that I 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 and Awards.
- I agree that
all critiques given will be constructive in nature as
positive comment is productive. I 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.
- I agree to
allow eligibility to all Applicants who meet the set (posted
online, written = set) Criteria of any particular award. I
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. I further
agree to clearly post these Criteria.
- I 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.
- I agree to set
forth Awards Criteria and to adhere to same. Proposed time
frames for changes will be posted for two weeks prior to the
final publishing of same with notices posted on site so all
potential Applicants can view and understand the proposed
changes.
- I 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.
- I 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. I will offer such Applicant a
choice of Evaluator taken from our Membership Listing.
- I agree to
maintain a professional, friendly and positive manner in any
and/or all correspondence and/or communication held with any
Applicant/s.
- I agree to
evaluate all submitted sites within four weeks of receipt of
submission. If this deadline cannot be met, I agree to
suspend submissions until I can again work within this
timeframe.
- I 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.
- I agree to
encourage and promote the use of original material for
Awards Programs Criteria and evaluation processes. I agree
to assist any person requesting advice concerning ethical
evaluation for and disbursement of awards. Please note:
My Awards Evaluation processes are copyrighted material and
written authorization is required for their use.
- I 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.
- I 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:
Serie 1: 225 Pixel large and 175 Pixel high. jpg-graphic 14
kb and gif-graphic 30 kb.
On a special wish You can use a Flash-film. Hereby you get
two files with together 60 kb.
Serie 2: 223 Pixel large and 155 Pixel high. gif-graphic
13 kb.
- I agree that
there will be no 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 no requirement that any Awards
granted from this web site must be linked back to our web
site.
- I agree that I
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.
- I agree that
we will not accept favors of any sort in exchange for
preferential treatment of submissions. I will at all times
maintain a high standard of honesty and integrity.
- I agree that I
will take all measures necessary to maintain the honor and
integrity of our Awards Programs.
Submitted
on this day,
31.01.2003. Rudolf Esterer
The Code of Ethics (COE) is licensed under a Creative
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credit being given to Award Community News
in accordance with the terms of the License.
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