Giveaway Official Rules
Global Supply Chain Media Contest
THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS GOVERN YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE "Global Supply Chain Media Contest ("Contest") by Wayne State University's Department of Global Supply Chain Management.
1. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST OR TO RECEIVE A PRIZE. A PURCHASE OR PARTICIPATION IN WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY COURSES OR ACTIVITIES WILL NOT AFFECT OR IMPROVE THE CHANCES OF WINNING. This Contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
2. Sponsor: Wayne State University Department of Global Supply Chain Management, 2771 Woodward Avenue, Suite 287, Detroit, MI 48201 ("Sponsor").
3. Purpose: The purpose of the contest is to encourage students, alumni, advisory board members, and others to create media content (videos, photos, or other types of visual media) related to the Sponsor, its programs, and supply chains in general. More specifically, the media content can be about courses, events, case competitions, career fairs, internships, study abroad, faculty, students, alumni, advisory boards, student organizations, students' or alumni's daily life, supply chain trends, professional advice, etc. The media generated and submitted by Contestants may be used to promote the Sponsor and its programs on social media and on the internet, even those submissions not selected to receive a prize.
4. Eligibility: Contest is open only to legal residents of the United States (including Puerto Rico but excluding Guam and all other U.S. and foreign territories and possessions not otherwise mentioned herein) who are at least 18 years of age. Contest is not open to employees of the Department of Global Supply Chain Management. By participating, the Contestant agrees to be fully unconditionally bound by these Rules, and You represent and warrant that You meet the eligibility requirements.
5. To Enter: To enter, submit a picture, video (maximum length: 60 seconds), infographics, or GIFS/memes at https://forms.office.com/r/NgS7nsiAhM. Vertical or square orientation is preferred. By entering this content, Contestant represent and warrant that Contestant's entry is an original work of authorship and does not violate any third party's proprietary or intellectual property rights. If Contestant's entry infringes upon the intellectual property right of another, Contestant will be disqualified at the sole discretion of Sponsor. If the content of Contestant's entry is claimed to constitute copy infringement of any proprietary or intellectual proprietary rights of any third party, Contestant shall, at Contestant's sole expense, defend or settle against such claims. Contestant shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Sponsor from and against any suit, proceeding, claims, liability, loss, damage, costs or expense, which the Sponsor may incur, suffer, or be required to pay arising out of such infringement or suspected infringement of any third party's right. Multiple submissions by the same Contestant are allowed. Sponsor is not responsible for late, incomplete, misdirected, delayed, or undelivered entries, including without limitation inability to access Sponsor's website or entries not timely received due to telephone failures, Internet or website failures and disruptions, and ISP problems. Incomplete information may result in disqualification of entry. All eligible entries carry an equal chance of winning.
6. Contest Period: Contest begins on August 7, 2023 and ends September 6, 2023 (the "Contest Period").
7. Selection of Winner: Winners will be selected by the Sponsor and the potential winners will be acknowledged via email by September 12, 2023. If the potential winner forfeits a prize (see Section 10), an alternate winner will be selected from all remaining eligible entries until a winner is determined. All decisions of Sponsor are final and binding on all Contestants. It is very important that you have or secure the right and/or permission to use all material (videos, music, images, etc.) in your Contest submission(s). Submissions that are ready to be shared on social media without a need for further editing will have a higher chance of winning. Videos that are submitted with a background music should only use royalty-free music and provide the source of the music in the submission form. The submissions should be fun or interesting or informative in order to capture attention but should not be defamatory or offensive.
8. Prizes: Three winners will be selected to receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card and a Wayne State Coffee Mug.
All prizes are non-refundable and non-transferable, cannot be combined with any other special offer or promotion and must be accepted as awarded. Prize may not be exchanged for cash value or substituted, except as may be deemed necessary by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right where necessary to substitute other comparable prizes of substantially equal or greater value. Winners, by acceptance of any prize agree to be fully responsible for any liability related to or arising from their receipt or utilization of any prize awarded, including personal tax liability. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify, or prematurely conclude the contest for any reason. Applicable federal, state or local taxes and any other costs or expenses associated with the prize or the use or redemption thereof are the sole responsibility of the winner. The Contest is an independent promotion for consumers conducted by the Sponsor.
9. By participating, each Contestant agrees to comply with these official rules. Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of entries in the Contest. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of, the Sponsor website or any technical failure or malfunction, or any injury or damage to any Contestant's or any other person's computer or property. IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR OR ANY CONTEST ENTITIES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF CONTESTANT'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST, ANY PRIZES WON, CONTESTANT'S ACCESS TO OR USE OF SPONSOR'S WEBSITES OR THE WEBSITE, OR THE ACCESSING, DOWNLOADING AND/OR PRINTING OF ANY MATERIAL AVAILABLE ON SAID SITES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON SPONSOR'S WEBSITES IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSIONS OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY JN THOSE JURISDICTIONS
10. By participating in this Contest, each Contestant grants to Sponsor, Mike Ilitch School of Business, and Wayne State University, where permitted by law, the right to use and publish (worldwide and via the Internet), in perpetuity, the submitted media content, likeness and comments for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without any notification, opportunity to review, right of approval or additional consideration whatsoever provided to the Contestant. To receive a prize, the winner will be required to provide Contestant's full name, email address, resident address, birthdate, and zip code. The winner may be required to complete, sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release, prepared at Sponsor's cost and at Sponsor's sole and absolute discretion. A winner's prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner (selected in accordance with Section 7) upon the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the failure of winner to confirm acceptance of the prize and return any required documents/information within 24 hours of prize notification by Sponsor; (ii) the return of a prize or prize notification to Sponsor as non-deliverable; (iii) the determination by Sponsor that winner is ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these official rules; or (iv) the winner's inability refusal to provide such affidavits or releases as Sponsor may request in its sole and absolute discretion. BY ENTERING THE CONTEST AND/OR ACCEPTING A PRIZE, EACH PARTICIPANT AND WINNER AGREES TO DEFEND AND INDEMNIFY SPONSOR AND ALL CONTEST ENTITIES, AND HOLD SPONSOR AND ALL CONTEST ENTITIES HARMLESS, FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND TO PERSONS, INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY AND/OR DEATH, AND LOSSES TO TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE PROPERTY, ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE, PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST OR ANY CONTEST-RELATED ACTIVITY.
11. Sponsor is not responsible for any changes or unavailability of any third-party service that may interfere with the Contest (including any limitations, restrictions or conditions on Sponsor's or Contestant's ability to use such services for the Contest) or the ability or inability of any Contestant to timely enter, receive notices or communicate with Sponsor. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned because of circumstances including, but not limited to, website outages or interruptions on Sponsor's or any third-party service provider's website, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes, which, in Sponsor's sole judgment, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion and determination of fairness, to cancel the Contest.
12. By registering to enter the Contest, each Contestant acknowledges he/she has read, understands and will abide by these terms and conditions. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these terms and conditions, or the rights and obligations of Contestants and/or Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to the conflict of laws principles. In the event of any inconsistency between the full version of these terms and conditions and any abbreviated statement of these terms and conditions, the version most beneficial for Contestants shall prevail.
