The US Business Awards is a national awards program
recognising success, innovation and ethics across all industry sectors.
The awards honour
America's
industry leaders through the acknowledgment of innovative business processes,
business excellence and overall business success.
The most comprehensive of its kind, the awards are open
to any company or organisation operating in
America, private or public, regardless
of size or industry.
Entrants are judged by an independent panel of business experts and academics
based on specific category criteria underpinned by the programs values of success,
innovation and ethics.
The judging panel is carefully selected and coordinated
by the
US Business Awards
to ensure that the judging
process is fair and objective, free
of bias or influence.
Receiving
a US Business Award
is an independent and prestigious endorsement
of your organisation and the quality of the products and services your organisation
produces.
If you are striving for excellence, the awards raise the
bar across all aspects of business and provide you with ways to benchmark against
top performers in your industry.
Submitting an entry provides your organisation with the opportunity to review
its business performance and identify its core strengths.
A valuable resource of
evidence and endorsement that can be put to good use in a variety of communications,
creating opportunities for publicity, positive business profiling and heightened
credibility within your industry.
The Awards are an opportunity for
America
companies to
gain that competitive advantage by having their achievements recognised whilst
highlighting their best products and services.
Conditions of Entry
Eligibility: Any company or organisation
operating in
America, private or public, regardless of size or industry is
eligible to enter. This includes multi-national subsidiaries, partnerships,
franchises, non government associations, community organisations, registered
charities, government departments, agencies and bodies.
Industry Classifications: All
entrants are adjudicated within their respective industry classification.
The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) is utilised
to segment recipients to their respective industry.read
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Award Categories: There
are a total of 20 award categories. These are divided into 10 organisational
and 10 product award categories for each industry. Entrants may participate
in multiple award categories however, a separate submission must be submitted
for each award category entered.
Confidentiality: We do not
publish the names of companies, organisations or their products that have not
been shortlisted, nor will we reproduce any information from your entry. Therefore
if you enter the awards, but are not successful, this will remain confidential.
In addition, entrants may mark any commercially sensitive information contained
in their entry as ‘not for publication'. The organisers reserve the right
to use information contained in the shorlisted and winning entries (apart from
contact details and any content marked not for publication) for subsequent publicity,
promotions and other activities relating to the awards program. Please refer
to our Privacy
Policy for full details.
Judging Panel: An
esteemed and diverse panel of business experts and academics make up the judging
panel. The panel is carefully selected to ensure that the judging process is
fair and objective, free of bias or influence. The judges are bound by a strict
confidentiality agreement and are required to declare any conflict of interest
in entries over which they deliberate and to stand aside from deliberations
concerning those entries.
Evaluation Process: Entries
will be judged on the basis of the information provided in the completed entry
form, your submission and supporting materials. The judging process is conducted
in two stages. An initial assessment of all submissions is completed in the
first stage leading to a shortlist, followed by a second evaluation in the final
stage. At the end of the final stage of the evaluation process, the judges select
the winners for each of the award categories in each industry. All entrants
are informed of their progress by confidential mail throughout the judging process.
Award winners are notified prior to the public announcement.
Methodology: All entries
are evaluated in accordance with the award key criteria across seven main areas:
leadership, impact, adaptability, corporate culture, customer and market focus,
uniqueness and evidence of success.
Accolades: Award
winners are honoured with a framed certificate and marketing material which
includes a customised logo in recognition of their achievement. Subject to usage
guidelines the logo can be used under licence from the
US Business Awards
on all marketing and promotional material. In the event that you are successful
in your category the
US Business Awards
will prepare your award pack
ahead of the public announcement.
Licence Agreement: In order
for the organisers to be able to prepare the award pack in time for the public
announcement all entrants that are shortlisted to the second stage of the judging
process will be required to agree to the
US Business Awards
Licence
Agreement and Licence Fee.
The
US Business Awards entry form, licence agreement and licence fee
schedule can be viewed upon
registration.
Timetable for the 2009 Awards Register to receive updates for the 2009 Awards Entry details will be sent to registrants in February 2009 Entries will be accepted from March 2009 Entry deadline is Thursday 30 April 2009
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