I, Jin-Seok
Kim, owner of the Korea Award program held at the
web site "www.koreaaward.com,"
do hereby declare on behalf of myself and any other Evaluator/s
who may be contracted at any time by the Korea Award program
to evaluate for any Korea Award Program-sponsored award
program, 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,
evaluators 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 good will 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 my eligibility
requirements (criteria) and will fairly evaluate all sites/pages
meeting my 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.
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 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 two (2) 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 program criteria and evaluation
processes. I agree to assist any persons requesting advice
concerning ethical evaluation for and disbursement of awards.
PLEASE NOTE: the awards evaluation processes in use at the
Korea Award program 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: no more than 140 pixels height and 100 pixels width.)
I 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.
I agree that I will not grantaAwards 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 I 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, Monday,
May 21, 2002
Jin-Seok Kim
Webmaster and Owner, The Korea Award
This document is in the public domain.
This Code of Ethics Document
was originally written by Rhonda M. Serong for CEM/CEMA
