Terms and Conditions

Community Rules & Etiquette and Privacy Guidelines

Thank you for being part of ISPE Engage! The ISPE Engage forums are provided as a service to ISPE Members to share stories, tips, and insight into your industry.

We encourage all ISPE Members to participate in the online forums and to ensure a positive experience for our Members, we have established some basic guidelines for participation.

By joining and using ISPE Engage, you agree that you have read and will follow these rules and guidelines. Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these important guidelines.

In order to preserve a climate that encourages both civil and meaningful dialogue, ISPE reserves the right to moderate, delete, and modify posts that do not follow the basic guidelines listed below. In addition, ISPE may discipline and/or terminate accounts for members who violate these rules.

The Rules

  • Keep it friendly. Every post should make a positive contribution. ISPE Engage is open to all points of view on the intended topics; mature, polite debate is encouraged. Attacks or cyber-bullying will not be tolerated. The Forums are meant to stimulate conversation and trigger the exchange of best practices not to create contention. Contradictory opinions are of course welcomed, but should always be thoughtful and respectful, rather than emotional, impulsive or anger-driven.
  • All defamatory, derogatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials are strictly prohibited and may be removed.
  • Forum posts should not contain promotional material, special offers, job postings or offers, product announcements, or solicitation for services.
  • Refrain from posting commercial messages. If you have a product or service which would be beneficial to the poster, please contact the member directly.
  • Excessive posting in the community in lieu of securing the services of professional consults should be avoided.
  • ISPE reserves the right to reproduce the postings shared to the forums.
  • Copyrighted materials should not be shared without permission from the publication or author. Links to original materials may be shared when attributed to the owner.
  • Transparency is very important in gaining trust in online relationships, therefore, please be clear who you are and who you work for when posting to the Forums.
  • Be honest, be yourself. ISPE Engage is intended to be used for the helpful exchange of information between Members. False, inaccurate, or otherwise misleading information is not helpful. Please be sincere in your ISPE Engage participation by only contributing content you know is accurate. Be mindful to respect the "closed" environment of ISPE’s online forums and do not forward messages to non-members.

ISPE is not responsible for the opinions and information posted on these sites by others. ISPE disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted on these sites, whether posted by ISPE or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall ISPE be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.

Do not post any defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials. Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner.  By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, by posting material, you grant to ISPE and the members of ISPE Engage the nonexclusive, world-wide, transferable right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material in any way and in any medium, including but not limited to print or electronic form.

Content should not be posted if it encourages or facilitates members to arrive at any agreement that either expressly or impliedly leads to price fixing, a boycott of another's business, or other conduct intended to illegally restrict free trade. Content that encourages or facilitates an agreement about the following subjects are inappropriate: prices, discounts, or terms or conditions of sale; salaries; profits, profit margins, or cost data; market shares, sales territories, or markets; allocation of customers or territories; or selection, rejection, or termination of customers or suppliers.

ISPE does not actively monitor these sites for inappropriate postings and does not on its own undertake editorial control of postings. However, in the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to ISPE’s attention, ISPE will take all appropriate action.

ISPE reserves the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact ask@ispe.org for more information.

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