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Diversity, Ethics, Code of Conduct
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Diversity, Ethics, Code of Conduct

Diversity, Ethics Policy, & Code of Conduct

Approved by the ASEV Board of Directors on January 19, 2021.

Diversity

The American Society for Enology and Viticulture is committed to creating a fair, safe, and flexible environment which embraces tolerance and fosters inclusion. We celebrate the myriad of perspectives and contributions that each individual brings to our Society. Diversity, equity, and inclusion fuel our innovation and enriches our community.

Our diversity encompasses differences in ethnicity, gender, language, age, sexual orientation, religion, socio-economic status, physical and mental ability, thinking styles, experience, and education. We believe that the wide array of perspectives that results from such diversity makes us more creative, flexible, productive, and competitive.

Approved by the ASEV Board of Directors on January 23, 2017.

ASEV Ethics Policy

The objectives of the Society shall be to encourage, stimulate, and support research in enology and viticulture or other sciences directly applied to enology or viticulture through its technical programs. Furthermore, the objectives shall be to provide forums for the presentation, discussion, and publication of such research and technological developments for the advancement of science and the promotion of education in enology and viticulture.

In accordance with this purpose, the Society encourages its members to:

Treat all people with civility, avoiding harassment and discrimination,
Uphold the highest standards of truthfulness and honesty in all scientific and professional endeavors,
Evaluate the work of colleagues fairly and with open-mindedness,
Recognize past and present contributors to science and not claim credit for accomplishments of others,
Disclose potential conflicts of interest,
Offer professional advice only on those subjects in which they are qualified,
Expose scientific and professional misconduct promptly, and
Comply with all laws and regulations that apply to our science and profession.

ASEV Code of Conduct

ASEV values our members and those that participate in our Society. We want to ensure their experience is as productive and professionally stimulating as possible. ASEV is dedicated to providing a safe, hospitable, and productive environment for everyone participating in our Society, including attending our events, regardless of ethnicity, religion, disability, physical appearance, gender, or sexual orientation. It is important to remember that a community where people feel uncomfortable or threatened is neither healthy nor productive. Accordingly, ASEV prohibits intimidating, threatening, or harassing conduct at any time at all other ASEV sponsored activities. This policy applies to speakers, staff, venue staff, service providers, exhibitors, volunteers and attendees. Anyone violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from conferences, events or other activities, at the sole discretion of ASEV leadership.

Harassment of ASEV participants will not be tolerated in any form. Examples of harassment include offensive gestures or verbal comments related to ethnicity, religion, disability, physical appearance, gender, or sexual orientation in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in public spaces or in presentations, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome attention. Anyone being asked to stop any harassing or unwanted behavior are expected to comply immediately.

If anyone engages in harassing behavior, ASEV leadership, in their sole discretion, reserves the right to take any action they deem appropriate. Members engaging in harassing behavior may face termination of their ASEV membership. If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please do not hesitate to contact ASEV staff who can work with appropriate ASEV leadership to provide assistance.

Need to file a complaint? Please contact ASEV at info@asev.org or call, (530) 753-3142.

Privacy Policy

Welcome to the ASEV website. ASEV has created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy for our website Users. The following paragraphs disclose our information gathering and dissemination practices. The Privacy Policy may change at any time; any changes will be posted on this page. Should you have additional questions, comments or concerns please contact us:

Our postal address is: P.O. Box 1855, Davis, CA 95617-1855 USA
We can be reached via e-mail at: info@asev.org
You can reach us by telephone at (530) 753-3142

User privacy is of utmost concern to ASEV, and as such, the following policies governing your usage of this website:

What Information Does ASEV Collect?

Most data ASEV collects are used only to help us better serve our members. It is our general policy to collect and store only personal information that our members and visitors knowingly provide.

Information Collected from General Users:

ASEV does not collect any personal information from Users browsing its website. Only aggregate data — such as the number of hits per page — are collected. Aggregate data are only used for internal and marketing purposes and do not provide any personally identifying information.

General Contact Form:

http://www.asev.org/ has a function that allows you to provide inquiries and feedback to ASEV by e-mail. You can locate this form by clicking on the menu bar labeled “Contact,” or by clicking here. This form requests address, phone, and e-mail information and includes a segment for your questions and comments. This information will be utilized by ASEV employees, members, officers, and directors to the extent necessary to respond to your inquiry. ASEV is authorized to provide the information collected by the General Contact Form to any party, as necessary to assist with your inquiry. The choice of how much personal information you choose to disclose on the General Contact Form to is left completely up to you.

Demographic or Personal Preference Questions:

ASEV may, from time to time, ask demographic or personal preference questions. This data may be used for analyzing overall Website demographics, User preferences, and to further develop our member services. We may disclose this data to third parties, including service providers, for services to our members and other users.

The conference Directory of Registrants for ASEV events is offered for sale. If you choose to register for any ASEV hosted conference, your information will be added to the ASEV registration database and ultimately the conference Directory of Registrants. This is a condition of registering for an ASEV conference.

Use of Session and IP addresses:

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our website. Our website uses Session to keep track of various functions within the website.

In telecommunication, a “Session” is a series of interactions between two communication end points that occur during the span of a single connection. Typically, one end point requests a connection with another specified end point and if that end point replies agreeing to the connection, the end points take turns exchanging commands and data (“talking to each other”). The Session begins when the connection is established at both ends and terminates when the connection is ended.
A unique number called an IP address identifies every computer on the Internet. Each time you connect to the Internet your machine is assigned an IP address. An IP address is a number that identifies each sender or receiver of information that is sent in packets across the Internet.

Credit Card Account Information

ASEV does not disclose credit card account information provided by its members and customers. When members and customers choose to pay using their credit cards, ASEV submits the information needed to obtain payment to the appropriate clearinghouse. See below for information about credit card information obtained by AJEV and the Catalyst.

How Does ASEV Use Cookies?

Websites will commonly write small data files (cookies) to your hard drive during your visits to the website. A cookie file is used in order to track your traffic patterns on a particular website and contains information that can anonymously identify you. This information is encrypted for security purposes. ASEV reserves the right to measures the activity of the website by using cookies. Cookies help us make improvements to the website so you can have a pleasant and productive experience. Cookies are created to identify your computer when visiting our website and are never used to identify you personally. Cookies can’t read data off your hard disk, do damage to your hard disk or memory, or read cookie files created by other websites. You can set your browser to send a warning message before accepting cookies or to refuse cookies. Check with your browser for instructions on how to handle cookies. If the User declines the attachment of any cookie, the User may not have access to the full benefits of the website. Registration enables the website to better determine members’ interest areas and provide the most relevant information.

What Privacy Issues Arise with Links to Other websites?

This website contains links to other websites. ASEV has no control over and is not responsible for the privacy policies or content of such websites. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this website, you do this entirely at your own risk. You may create links to this website from other websites, but only in accordance with the terms of ASEV’s Web Link & Logo License Agreement. ASEV has a Linking Policy. Please visit ASEV’s Web Link & Logo License Agreement to read more.

What Privacy Issues Arise with Links to www.AJEVonline.org and ASEVCatalyst.org?

The American Journal of Enology and Viticulture (AJEV) and the Catalyst, published quarterly, are the official journals of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV). AJEV and Catalyst publishes full-length research papers, literature reviews, research notes, and technical briefs on various aspects of enology and viticulture, including wine chemistry, sensory science, process engineering, wine quality assessments, microbiology, methods development, plant pathogenesis, diseases and pests of grape, rootstock and clonal evaluation, effect of field practices, and grape genetics and breeding. All papers are peer reviewed, and authorship of papers is not limited to members of ASEV. The science editor and a group of associate editors, drawn from academic and research institutions worldwide, guide the content of the journals. http://www.ajevonline.org/ and http://www.asevcatalyst.org/ makes ASEV publications available to ASEV members online and sells individual articles to the general public. Both journals are hosted by Stanford University Libraries’ HighWire Press®. Please see http://www.ajevonline.org/ and http://www.asevcatalyst.org/ for more information, including Terms of Use, Frequently Asked Questions, and Subscriber Help & Services. Credit Card information to purchase journal articles is obtained by using a secured encryption under a security certificate issued by Equifax Secure Global ebusiness CA-1 to Secure.Highwire.org.

What Means of Redress Are Available?

If any User suspects ASEV has handled its personal information in a manner that does not comply with this Privacy Policy, please contact us by e-mailing to info@asev.org or by calling (530) 753-3142.

Terms & Conditions

Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement between User and American Society for Enology and Viticulture

Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using this website. By accessing or using the website, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. ASEV provides the information and services on this website to you, the User, conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of this website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.The information and services offered on this website are provided with the understanding that ASEV is not engaged in rendering legal or other professional services or advice. The information you find on this website is provided “as is” and is for reference purposes only. Your use of the website is subject to the additional disclaimers and caveats that may appear throughout the website.

ASEV, its employees, officers, directors and agents assume no responsibility for any consequence relating directly or indirectly to any action or inaction that you take based on the information, services or other material on this website. While ASEV strives to keep the information on this website accurate, complete, and up-to-date, ASEV cannot guarantee, and will not be responsible for any damage or loss related to, the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information.

Permitted Use

User has a nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited, and revocable right to use the website solely for User’s personal educational, information, and entertainment use. User will not use the website for any other purpose, including any commercial purpose, without ASEV’s express prior written consent. For example, User will not, and will not authorize any other person to (i) Co-brand the website or portion thereof, or (ii) frame the website or portion therefore (whereby the website or portion therefore will appear on the same screen with a portion of another website). “Co-branding” means to display a name, logo, trademark, or other means of attribution or identification of any part in such a manner reasonably likely to give a User the impression that such other party has the right to display, publish, or distribute the website or Content accessible within the website (the “Content”). User agrees to cooperate with ASEV in causing any unauthorized Co-branding, framing or linking to immediately cease.

Proprietary Information

User acknowledges and agrees that the Content accessible within the website is the proprietary information of ASEV, and ASEV retains all right, title and interest in the Content. Accordingly, Users will not reproduce, transmit, publish or distribute such Content to any third party without the express written consent of except that User may print out a copy of Content solely for User’s personal use. In doing so, User will not remove or alter, or cause to be removed or altered, any copyright, trademark, trade name, service mark, or any other proprietary notice of legend appearing on any of the Content.

Unlawful or Prohibited Use

As a condition of your use of this website, you warrant to ASEV that you will not use this website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. If you violate any of these terms, your permission to use the website automatically terminates.

Privacy Policy

ASEV has a Privacy Policy. Please click here and read ASEV’s Privacy Policy.

Liability Disclaimer

You use this website at your own risk. If your use of this website or the materials therein results in the need for servicing or replacing property, material, equipment or data, ASEV is not responsible for those costs. ASEV does not warrant that this website, its host server or any linked sites are free of computer viruses or other harmful components.

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. ASEV MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THIS WEBSITE AT ANY TIME.ALL INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASEV BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE;
WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE;
TO ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE; AND/OR
OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE.

ASEV, ITS EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF REVENUE OR INCOME, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, RELATED TO USER’S DECISION TO USE ANY OF THE INFORMATION AND/OR MATERIALS LISTED AND/OR POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE, EVEN IF ASEV HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL THE COLLECTIVE LIABILITY OF ASEV, ITS EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND AGENTS TO ANY PARTY (REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT USER HAS PAID TO ASEV FOR THE APPLICABLE CONTENT OR SERVICE OUT OF WHICH LIABILITY AROSE.

BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Indemnification

User will indemnify and hold ASEV, its employees, officers, directors and agents (the Indemnified Parties”) harmless from any breach of these Terms and Conditions by User, including any use of Content other than expressly authorized in these Terms and Conditions. User agrees that the Indemnified Parties will have no liability in connection with any such breach or unauthorized use, and agrees to indemnify any and all resulting, loss, damages, judgments, awards, costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees of the Indemnified Parties in connection therewith. User will also indemnify and hold the Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any claims brought by third parties arising out of User’s use of the information accessed by the website.

Affiliation between http://www.asev.org/, http://www.ajevonline.org/ and http://www.asevcatalyst.org

The American Journal of Enology and Viticulture (AJEV) and the Catalyst, published quarterly, are the official journals of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV). ASEV publishes full-length research papers, literature reviews, research notes, and technical briefs on various aspects of enology and viticulture, including wine chemistry, sensory science, process engineering, wine quality assessments, microbiology, methods development, plant pathogenesis, diseases and pests of grape, rootstock and clonal evaluation, effect of field practices, and grape genetics and breeding. All papers are peer reviewed, and authorship of papers is not limited to members of ASEV. The science editor and a group of associate editors, drawn from academic and research institutions worldwide, guide the content of the journals. http://www.ajevonline.org/ and http://www.asevcatalyst.org/ makes publications available to ASEV members online and sells individual articles to the general public. These journals are hosted by Stanford University Libraries’ HighWire Press®. Please see http://www.ajevonline.org/ and http://www.asevcatalyst.org/ for more information, including Terms of Use, Frequently Asked Questions, and AJEV Online Subscriber Help & Services. Credit Card information to purchase AJEV articles is obtained by using a secured encryption under a security certificate issued by Equifax Secure Global ebusiness CA-1 to Secure.Highwire.org.

Links to Third Party Websites

The AJEV and Catalyst, published quarterly, are the official journals of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV). ASEV publishes full-length research papers, literature reviews, research notes, and technical briefs on various aspects of enology and viticulture, including wine chemistry, sensory science, process engineering, wine quality assessments, microbiology, methods development, plant pathogenesis, diseases and pests of grape, rootstock and clonal evaluation, effect of field practices, and grape genetics and breeding. All papers are peer reviewed, and authorship of papers is not limited to members of ASEV. The science editor and a group of associate editors, drawn from academic and research institutions worldwide, guide the content of the journals. ASEV makes their publications available to ASEV members online and sells individual articles to the general public. AJEV and Catalyst are hosted by Stanford University Libraries’ ®. Please see ajevonline.org and asevcatalyst.org for more information. Credit Card information to purchase AJEV articles is obtained by using a secured encryption under a security certificate issued by Equifax Secure Global ebusiness CA-1 to Secure.Highwire.org. This website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than ASEV. For example, clicking on any link within our website may bring you to a website operated by a party independent of ASEV. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. ASEV does not control such websites, and is not responsible for their contents. ASEV’s inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators, and your access and use of such websites, including information, material, products and services therein, is solely at your own risk. Furthermore, because the Privacy Policy you just read is applicable only when you are on our website, once linked to another website, you should read that website’s privacy policy before disclosing any personal information.

Linking to this Site

You may create links to this website from other sites, but only in accordance with the terms of ASEV’s Web Link & Logo License Agreement. ASEV has a Linking Policy. Please to visit to read more.

Changes to Website

ASEV, its employees, officers, directors and agents may make improvements or changes in the information, services, products, and other materials on this website, or terminate this website, at any time without notice. ASEV may modify this Agreement at any time, and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified Agreement. Accordingly, you agree to review the Agreement periodically, and your continued access or use of this website shall be deemed your acceptance of the modified Agreement.