JUDGING CODE OF ETHICS

Judging the Art and Olfaction Awards is a non-renumerated role that should be engaged with as a service to the larger community. A judge is one of a group of arbiters: Together the judges create a consensus that is based on their best and most objective assessments of the submitted perfumes, and experimental projects.

·      Respect and follow the judging parameters provided by AOA Management.
·      Be constructive in your notes and feedback.
·      Do not allow your scores to be influenced by commercial or personal considerations.
·      Do not have “off the record” conversations with submitters.
·      Do not respond if anybody reaches out in an attempt to influence a score. 
·      Do not allow personal bias to influence your scores.
·      Do not use information obtained during the process for your own or any other person’s or organization’s advantage.
·      Do not use information obtained during the process to disadvantage or to discredit others.
·      Respect the confidentiality of the judging process, and of the submissions.
·      Do not reveal any details of any submission to anyone outside the AOA management team, ever.
·      Do not share your opinions with one another during the judging process.
·      Declare all potential conflicting interests.

Violation of this code of ethics will result in the invalidation of the judge's scores.