Terms of Use

Acceptance of our Terms of Use
The following Terms of Use apply to StrengthThruDiversity.com, which is a website created to support the corporate partnership program for DiversityInHospitality.com ("DIH") and WomenInHospitality.com ("WIH"). Both websites are online initiatives owned and operated by Goodwin & Associates Hospitality Services LLC ("Goodwin & Associates"). We have written this Terms of Use to govern your use of StrengthThruDiversity.com. Our most recent Terms of Use is detailed below and was last updated on January 2, 2008.

By visiting StrengthThruDiversity.com, it is implied that you have read, understand, and agree to our Terms of Use. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY PARTS OF OUR TERMS OF USE, THEN PLEASE EXIT STRENGTHTHRUDIVERSITY.COM.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Terms of Use at any time. We encourage you to check the date of the Terms of Use to ensure that you have read and understand the most current version. If you continue to use StrengthThruDiversity.com after changes have been posted to our Terms of Use, then it is also implied that you agree to the changes. You are advised to periodically visit this page to stay familiar with our current Terms of Use.

Children
STRENGTHTHRUDIVERSITY.COM IS NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 14 YEARS OLD. Children aged 14 years up to 18 years who are supervised by a parent, teacher, or other adult may find it useful to learn about jobs in the hospitality industry.

User Provided Information
You agree to receive communications from us or our clients if you voluntarily provide your personal contact information while on any sections of StrengthThruDiversity.com. Please see our Privacy Policy for more details on how we may collect, store, share, and use your information.

Outgoing Links
The pages of StrengthThruDiversity.com may contain links to other websites. These websites are owned and operated by other businesses and are not affiliated in any way with StrengthThruDiversity.com or Goodwin & Associates. We are not responsible for the content on their sites, their privacy policies, their hiring and recruitment practices, their goods or services, their use of cookies, or any transactions that occur through their websites.

Incoming Links
If you own or operate a website, you may include a text link to StrengthThruDiversity.com. By doing so though, you may not replicate content from StrengthThruDiversity.com, imply that you are associated with StrengthThruDiversity.com, imply that we are endorsing your organization, or include negative or false information about StrengthThruDiversity.com or Goodwin & Associates. You may only use the logo for StrengthThruDiversity.com with our permission, as this logo is in the process of being trademark protected by the United States Federal Government. You must also make it possible for us to easily contact you and request removal of the links if necessary. If you receive such a request from any member of our organization, then you must agree to remove the mentioned links within 24 hours of notice without any cost or penalty to us.

Copyright/Trademark
StrengthThruDiversity.com is owned and operated by Goodwin & Associates. All content on all pages of StrengthThruDiversity.com is protected by intellectual property laws, including and not limited to applicable copyright and trademark laws. You may only access this information through the Internet for your own personal, non-commercial use. You may not copy, reproduce, sell, republish, transmit, or display any portion of this content onto a website, Intranet, database, directory, written document, or your personal computer. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or insert any codes to any part of StrengthThruDiversity.com that would alter the content or functionality of the site.

Trademarks
The name and logo for StrengthThruDiversity.com are in the process of being trademark protected by the United States Federal Government. It is assumed that all other logos on StrengthThruDiversity.com are owned by that individual business and are trademark protected. You may not copy, reproduce, sell, republish, transmit, or display any logos found on StrengthThruDiversity.com without our permission.

Indemnity
By using StrengthThruDiversity.com, you are agreeing to defend, hold harmless and indemnify StrengthThruDiversity.com, Goodwin & Associates and any affiliates of StrengthThruDiversity.com and Goodwin & Associates, including but limited to clients, Corporate Partners and employers participating on the StrengthThruDiversity.com websites (collectively referred to as "StrengthThruDiversity.com and affiliates"), and the StrengthThruDiversity.com and affiliates' employees, officers, directors, agents, partners, members, attorneys, predecessors, successors, contractors, and subsidiaries, as well as any writers contributing content to StrengthThruDiversity.com, against any claims resulting from your use of StrengthThruDiversity.com.

Limitation of Liability
StrengthThruDiversity.com and affiliates and their employees, officers, directors, agents, partners, members, attorneys, predecessors, successors, contractors, and subsidiaries, as well as any writers contributing content to StrengthThruDiversity.com and all third parties mentioned on StrengthThruDiversity.com are not liable for any damages resulting from using or the inability to access StrengthThruDiversity.com. Content posted on StrengthThruDiversity.com has been reviewed and approved before being transmitted. We are assuming that this information is accurate; although we cannot guarantee it. We reserve the right to remove or revise any content that we find to be inaccurate, misleading, inappropriate, offensive, inconsistent with our business model or violates applicable state and federal laws. The content displayed on StrengthThruDiversity.com are the views of our writers or clients and do not necessarily reflect the views of StrengthThruDiversity.com and affiliates and their employees, officers, directors, agents, partners, members, attorneys, predecessors, successors, contractors, and subsidiaries. We will not be held responsible for any claims that arise from the content posted on StrengthThruDiversity.com. Please contact us if you feel that any of the content is offensive or damaging and should be removed.

Outside the USA
Goodwin & Associates operates StrengthThruDiversity.com from its corporate office in Concord, NH, USA. We are not implying that our content or services are appropriate or available for use outside the United States. Access to StrengthThruDiversity.com from territories where our content is illegal is strictly prohibited.

Changes to our Terms of Use
We are dedicated to providing the best service possible to all of our clients and visitors of StrengthThruDiversity.com. We are also dedicated to staying on top of today's available technology. We reserve the right to change our Terms of Use at any time to meet the needs of our clients, our visitors, changing laws, and new evolutions in technology. You are advised to periodically visit this page to stay familiar with our current Terms of Use.

Severability
If any provision of this Terms of Use agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal or unenforceable, said provision shall be deemed severed and deleted and neither shall such provision, in its severance or deletion, affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Terms of Use agreement.

Governing Law
This Terms of Use agreement is and shall be subject to, governed by, construed and enforced pursuant to the laws of the State New Hampshire. You consent to the jurisdiction of the New Hampshire courts over any and all claims that you may have against StrengthThruDiversity.com and affiliates and their employees, officers, directors, agents, partners, members, attorneys, predecessors, successors, contractors and subsidiaries. You also agree that any claim that you may have against StrengthThruDiversity.com and affiliates and their employees, officers, directors, agents, partners, members, attorneys, predecessors, successors, contractors and subsidiaries shall be filed in a court located in Concord, New Hampshire.

Entire Agreement
This Terms of Use agreement contains the full and complete understanding and agreement between the user of StrengthThruDiversity.com and StrengthThruDiversity.com with respect to the use of the StrengthThruDiversity.com website; and supersedes all prior agreements, if any, between the user of StrengthThruDiversity.com and StrengthThruDiversity.com, whether electronic, oral or written.

Contact Us
Please contact us with any questions or concerns regarding our Terms of Use by emailing info@DiversityInHospitality.com. Thank you.