Code of Ethics - COE - Disclaimer

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There remain many instances where some web site owners state within their web sites that the Code of Ethics (COE) was written by myself and they often display within their Code of Ethics (COE) page/s my email address, they link to my web site and/or they link directly to my own Code of Ethics (COE) statement. I hereby clarify to all who may have an interest that:

•  The original Code of Ethics (COE) was not composed in whole by myself. It was developed from my original idea and became the culmination of suggestions, ideas and contributions from a variety of conscientious individuals, including myself, within the “Awards Community” during 1999 - early 2000. I did however, write the final document.
•  It was the expressed wish of all the relevant individuals at the time of writing that the Code of Ethics (COE) be readily available from within the public domain and the COE document was duly placed with the now closed CEM/CEMA for safe keeping, however this was not done and the Code of Ethics (COE), from August 15, 2008, became licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike United States License with credit being given to the  Award Community News in accordance with the terms of the License.
•  I have never claimed privately or publicly in writing or verbally the sole authorship of the original Code of Ethics (COE)
•  I have never granted permission for any web site owner to link directly to my own personal Code of Ethics (COE) statement.
•  I have never granted permission for my name, web site titles and/or links and/or any email addresses associated with myself and/or my web sites to be displayed alongside and/or associated with any form of content referencing the Code of Ethics (COE) within any web sites other than APEX, ACN, O.N.Z.C.D.A™, WebsAwards and Lancaster's Laughing Place.
•  I offer a text file copy of the Code of Ethics (COE) from my web site for interested parties as a courtesy only.

Signed: R. M. Serong, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Dated: 19.09.2004. Amended: 15.08.2008.

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