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The Always Pledges
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To always promptly and politely review and answer
applications in fifteen days or less.
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To always apply, without prejudice, our criteria (adult
and hate sites exempted and not eligible).
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To always have each application reviewed by a minimum
of three jurists.
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To always remain neutral as regards hosting and
advertising (adult and hate sites exempted and not
eligible)
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To always use the publicly posted criteria.
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To always make changes in criteria public.
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To always only use the criteria as displayed on the
date of application.
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To always give each and every eligible site its award.
The Never Pledges
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To never expect payment in any form for an award.
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To never expect an entry in a guestbook, forum, BBS,
nor similar for an award.
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To never expect a linkback for an award.
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To never give an award to every application unless ALL
applications are qualified.
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To never have an Everyone Wins An Award
Program - winners are special and EARN their
award via their qualifying content - this includes
so-called Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze programs
where each application will win one of the levels.
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To never review a friend's, business associate's,
family member's, nor any conflict-of-interest site's
website, but to use the right to recuse and include a
special jurist instead for the review.
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To never reveal information about applicants - except
as specifically required by legal process - Proof of
Jurisdiction will be considered the standard.
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To never spam (UCE/UBE) applicants nor winners.
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To never rescind an award except in the unusual
situation of a site which has added adult or hate
content.
Certification
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 The Vision
Award is a member of the prestigious Ethics Pledge
Program. This badge bears witness to this membership.
You may click the graphic to visit them. The founding
principles of the Ethics Pledge Program are, honesty,
integrity, fairness. Click to visit them.
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