How to Obtain ICE8000™ Voluntary Standard Development Service
How to Obtain ICE8000™ Voluntary Standard Development Service
I. ICE8000™ Voluntary Standard Development Service Trademark of the World Credit Organization
II. ICE8000™ Voluntary Standard Development Service Provided by the World Credit Organization
Development of voluntary standards for evaluating organizations to determine whether the organizations conform to an established accreditation standard, specifically standards for universal human morality, namely, integrity, credibility, honesty, loyalty, kindness, fairness, and justice.
III. How to obtain ICE8000™ Voluntary Standard Development Service free of charge, and how to voluntarily and freely use existing ICE8000™ standards
3.1 The ICE8000™ International Integrity Standard System is an open standard system available to the world and to society at large, and may be used voluntarily and free of charge on a permanent basis. We do not charge any copyright fees or standard development fees to any organization or individual that uses the ICE8000™ standards in good faith.
3.2 Development of the ICE8000™ International Integrity Standard System began in 2002 and has continued for 24 years to date. It represents interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and cross-civilizational knowledge and practice, and is a public good intended to advance humanity’s shared moral progress. In order to safeguard the public-good nature of the ICE8000™ International Integrity Standards, the World Credit Organization requires the following from good-faith users. In other words, only those who comply with the following requirements will be regarded as engaging in “good-faith use”:
(1) Users shall not plagiarize, misappropriate, or engage in any disguised form of plagiarism or misappropriation. Any use of the ICE8000™ standards in any form must clearly indicate the source, for example: “In accordance with the World Credit Organization’s ICE8000™ International Integrity Standards” (together with the specific standard title and the relevant website address).
(2) Any critiques, suggestions, or commendations made by a user to any person regarding the ICE8000™ standards, as well as any critiques, suggestions, or commendations made by any person to any person arising from the use of the ICE8000™ standards, shall remain the intellectual property of the World Credit Organization.
(3) Any revision, adaptation, or derivative work of the ICE8000™ standards by any person shall remain the intellectual property of the World Credit Organization, and the user shall proactively file the revised or adapted work with the World Credit Organization.
3.3 This open and free policy has the following significant value for any country and any organization:
(1) It saves fiscal costs and time required to develop standards (moral standards);
(2) It provides a moral institutional framework that can be used immediately, has been refined over a long period, and continues to be improved;
(3) It supports public institutions and enterprises in rapidly establishing integrity evaluation and supervision systems.
IV. How to purchase ICE8000™ Voluntary Standard Development Service
When you need voluntary standard development service, in most cases you may first search for the standards you need in the ICE8000™ International Credit Standard System – Complete Standards Collection and use them free of charge in good faith. If the existing standards do not meet your needs, you may contact us to develop a new standard or update an existing standard. If you commit to good-faith use of the new standard, we will still develop or update the standard free of charge. If you wish to use the new standard exclusively, a standard development fee will apply, starting from USD 50,000.
V. Contact Information
ice8000@ice8000.org, or wco@ice8000.org.


