Code of Conduct for Jurors

As a volunteer juror for the Berlin-Brandenburg Business Plan Competition 2026, I acknowledge the following code of conduct:

I have commercial qualifications and experience in advising company founders in general and in developing business concepts in particular.

I evaluate the business concepts to the best of my knowledge and belief

•     according to the given contents of the respective stages or cycles,
•     exclusively within the evaluation template specified by BPW.
•     I process and store the data from competition entries exclusively in BPW's internal systems.
•     in the form of point allocation according to the BPW evaluation criteria,
•     in the form of objective, written feedback, which is free of personal judgement
•     on time and will strictly adhere to the given deadlines for the evaluation completion of the business concepts.

After the evaluation, I will be available to participants for a feedback session. The inquiries of the participants will be arranged by the competition office.

I am aware that

•     Inserting content from competition entries into external AI systems (e.g., ChatGPT or similar applications) by
      transferring the data to third-party providers poses a significant risk to confidentiality and intellectual
      property protection.
•     personal contact with the team may only be established through the BPW,
•     I myself may not belong to any team, neither as a participant nor as a consultant,
•     the competition office must be notified immediately in the event of problems such as scheduling bottlenecks, conflicts
      of interest etc.
  
  In the event of a violation, the BPW team reserves the right to exclude the juror from the BPW.