Site Terms and Conditions
HELLO and WELCOME to our website. We have posted these terms and conditions to be in compliance with numerous laws that regulate the operation of an Internet website. The terms and conditions cover a variety of important issues, including the protection of copyrighted material and other intellectual property, and the presentation, collection and use of information.
These terms and conditions apply to your use of this website (the “Site”) and they also apply to: (a) all websites owned and/or provided by Great Place to Work® Institute, Inc. (“GPTW”) including all services offered through this Site and/or any other GPTW website (the “Services”); (b) all software offerings and applications owned and/or provided by GPTW and/or available on or through this Site or any other GPTW website (the “Software”); and (c) all web pages, data, text, images, photographs, illustrations, graphics, audio, video, and documents including articles, marketing materials, press releases and other information and content available on or through this Site or any GPTW website.
GPTW's mission is to build a better society by helping companies transform their workplaces. If you are interested in helping to create great workplaces, then please spend some time on our Site. We think that if you read the materials on the Site, subscribe to the ideas presented, and are able to implement them in your workplace, that the world will become a better place. If you have any questions about the use of materials on the Site, please read on; we hope that all of your questions will be answered. If, after reading, you have additional questions, please contact us using the “CONTACT US” feature of the Site. We hope that the material presented will inspire you to take action!
By accessing and using this Site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand these Terms & Conditions, and that you accept them and agree to be legally bound by them. You should not use this Site if you have any objections to any of these Terms & Conditions.
GPTW may revise these Terms & Conditions and the Privacy Policy over time as new features are added to the Site or as Internet law and standards evolve. We will post those changes prominently but recommend that you read these Terms & Conditions periodically when you visit the Site.
Your continued participation on this Site indicates your acceptance of this Terms & Conditions, including your acceptance of the Privacy Policy and of the collection, use, disclosure, management and storage of your Personal Information (as defined in the Privacy Policy).
If you have any objections to any of these Terms & Conditions, you should immediately discontinue use of the Site.
Other Terms
Some areas of this Site may have additional rules, guidelines, and/or other terms and conditions that apply to your access and/or use of that area of the Site and that may be revised from time to time ("Other Terms"). For example, if you transmit or post any content, including any text, graphics, software, music, sound, photographs, videos, messages, comments, feedback, data, information, or other materials (collectively, the “User Content”), please review our Online User Conduct Guidelines to learn how GPTW handles User Content. Additionally, this Site provides links to social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. We recommend that you review the privacy policies and other terms and conditions of these websites before posting any User Content. And if you are a participant in a survey conducted by GPTW, please review the terms that govern the particular survey project. If there is a conflict or inconsistency between any of these Terms & Conditions and the Other Terms, the Other Terms shall take precedence.
Submissions of User Content by You
In the event that you transmit or post any User Content on or to the Site, you (1) represent and warrant to GPTW that you have obtained all necessary licenses, consents, waivers, releases, authorizations and/or permissions to post or transmit such User Content; and (2) grant to GPTW an irrevocable, worldwide, nonexclusive, perpetual, fully sub-licensable, royalty- free right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, transmit, publicly perform, and publicly display such Content (in whole or part) and/or to incorporate it (in whole or in part) in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. You acknowledge that any User Content submitted by you may be handled by GPTW on a non-confidential basis. Please review the Online User Conduct Guidelines for more information about User Content including how GPTW handles User Content.
Submissions of User Content by You
In the event that you transmit or post any User Content on or to the Site, you (1) represent and warrant to GPTW that you have obtained all necessary licenses, consents, waivers, releases, authorizations and/or permissions to post or transmit such User Content; and (2) grant to GPTW an irrevocable, worldwide, nonexclusive, perpetual, fully sub-licensable, royalty- free right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, transmit, publicly perform, and publicly display such Content (in whole or part) and/or to incorporate it (in whole or in part) in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. You acknowledge that any User Content submitted by you may be handled by GPTW on a non-confidential basis. Please review the Online User Conduct Guidelines for more information about User Content including how GPTW handles User Content.
Use of the Site
Certain areas of the Site may be restricted to authorized users who may be required to use a password. You agree that you will not share any password(s) nor any other Site access information. You agree that you will be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password(s) and any other Site access information, and that you will be responsible for any and all activities that occur as a result of using your password(s) and/or other Site access information. You further agree that you will notify GPTW immediately in the event that you discover any unauthorized use of your password(s) or other Site access information.
You agree that you will not access or use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, impair or cause undue burden on the Site and/or its host, servers, network, systems or other users. You agree that you will not attempt to interfere in any way with the operation of the Site (including with the delivery of any Services), that you will not transmit any virus or worm to the Site, that you will not use any spider, robot or any other automated mechanism to access the Site and/or its servers or systems, and that you will not engage in flooding, spamming, mail-bombing, crashing or otherwise sending unsolicited email to other users of the Site. You further agree that you will not attempt to access data that is not intended for your use, that you will not attempt to log on to a server or account that you are not authorized to access, and that you will not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of any system or network related in any way to the Site without authorization.
Software
You acknowledge that these Terms & Conditions govern your use of any Software (as defined above) provided by GPTW and/or made available through the Site, whether or not there are license agreements and/or end user agreements. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, you acknowledge that (1) your use of the Software shall be only for personal and/or noncommercial purposes; (2) you shall not attempt to alter or modify the Software; (3) you shall not reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to gain access to the source code for the Software; (4) you shall not attempt to circumvent or disable the Software or its intended purpose; and (5) you shall not copy, sublicense, assign, transfer, distribute, transmit or otherwise use the Software without the express prior written consent of GPTW.
Services
GPTW may change or eliminate Services offered on or through the Site at any time. GPTW makes no representation that any Services are available for use in your location, and a reference to Services on the Site does not imply that the Services will be available to you and/or in your location.
Copyright and Permissions
Please feel free to browse the Site. In general, and unless otherwise posted, you may review and print copies of material from the Site, provided that the material (1) is used only for non-commercial purposes, and (2) retains, without alteration, all copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices displayed on the material as posted on the Site.
You are not permitted to make or distribute copies of material on the Site for any commercial purpose without prior written permission from GPTW. None of the material obtained on the Site (including all software, HTML code, and other code) may be reverse-engineered, disassembled, decompiled, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or computer language, retransmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photo-reproduction, recordation, or otherwise), resold or redistributed without the prior written permission of GPTW.
Except as otherwise noted, all content of the Site is:
Copyright © GREAT PLACE TO WORK® INSTITUTE, INC.
All rights reserved.
GPTW has a policy of terminating services to users who willfully and/or repeatedly infringe.
For further information regarding permission to use material from the Site, please contact us at permissions@greatplacetowork.com
Trademarks
Many of the trademarks/service marks and/or logos (the “Mark(s)”) displayed on the Site identify the services and products of GPTW and inform the public as to the source of those services and products. Your misuse of any Mark is strictly prohibited, including without limitation, your use of Marks in any of the following ways:
- In a manner likely to cause confusion;
- To identify your products or services;
- In, as, or part of your own trademarks or service marks;
- In a manner that inaccurately implies a sponsorship, endorsement, or other connection with your products, services or other activities; or
- In a manner that disparages or dilutes the Marks.