People Port's Ethical Conduct Statement

Updated 11/01/09

Moved 06/20/10

Updated 01/24/11

Lake City, USA (People Port) Soon after GemStuddedNails (now Jewelednails.com) opened, health links were added. I tried a worry meter at that time because some of the news seemed to require it or something. Learned very quick, my readers would worry about anything they wished -a worry meter was not needed. People Port developed to bring shoppers into GemStuddedNails.

It was never intended to become a source for revenue. Today it is needed. Times are very hard. I am working hard to make that happen, readers know what to expect. Things evolve. I developed this statement after researching the industry standards. I do not have a business plan to create a People Port stand alone business and cannot afford to write one. This is written to put to rest externalities.

Ethical Conduct Statement

Our mission is making our readers lives happier, healthier, and freer. Our work should help our readers build their tomorrow.

People Port writes articles for our readers enjoyment. Our work should make their lives easier. Put in our Declaration Of Independence perspective, Life, Liberty, and the pursuit Happiness... All maybe the focus of articles, our preference is Happiness. To that end, systems in practice today that limit a person's happiness, wellbeing, or freedom will become the focus of articles.

All laws are honored in countries we have people working.

We do not work under an assumed named.

We do not misrepresent what we are working on to get information.A person or firm making news may pull an article up to an hour before it runs.

Stories developed while employed by someone other than People Port, must be offered to that firm's PR Department for comment. That offer may be by phone, email, or in person. That affected newsmaking firm has a business day to acknowledge, with an estimate of time needed.

Alternate sources will be sought for any article put on hold by a newsmaker. Should that story develop, and our readers are served by this information, That article will run.Known information is treated as fact. When known information (not tales) is wrong, it is news. When People Port gets it wrong, we run an article.

A press release may serve as the basis for a story, however, facts in that press release must be confirmed, left out, or alternate facts stated. If a press release is the article, no byline is used, news service is stated -if used.

Bylines may or may not be used.

City in the dateline is where the news originated, when known. Datelines may or may not be used.

A reliable source, as an example, a researcher's statement, is treated as fact.

We do run fluff news. Each industry is limited to one article per month.

We do not charge or accept payment for articles from newsmakers. Newsmakers may not buy ads, services, while they have current People Port articles. They are free to use their articles without charge.

People we do business with, may buy an employee a meal, if you paid last time. They can pay for your ski trip, if you paid last time.

Working for People Port should advance your career.

We do not hype firms we have an interest in. Firms we have an interest in that become newsmakers,
that interest is stated at the end of the article.

People Port will pull an article where our reader's interest is no longer served. It may be used as background for future articles, put on the web and noted as background.

A statement is not used to limit, words can only give shape to actions.

Background runs at end of articles to give a behind the scenes look at the news.

Off the record and deep background statements from newsmakers do not appear in articles, they are not repeated or acknowledged.

Embargoed news is not news until embargoed time has happened.

Articles should be less than 500 words. Articles over 2000 words are the start of a series and need approval before running.

We do not claim someone's work as our own. Even when paid for hire.

All work-product is owned by People Port.

The subject of missing notes becomes high priority news. An example, emails go missing, that subject then becomes news and all People Port's resources are put on that story.

Articles are not ads. People Port has a very good marketing department should a firm want ads.

We do not put article links in; we may put paid links in, however, not to the newsmaker.

Should these rules change, there will be an article explaining that change.

Comments: PeoplePort@gmail.com Copyrighted, 2011, J John Swanko, All rights reserved.