| ACBL |
The American Contract Bridge League. |
| ACBL Management |
The ACBL Chief Executive Officer or his or her
designee. |
|
Advocate |
A person selected by the Unit,
District or ACBL Management to represent the organization by
prosecuting the complaint. |
| Appeals and
Charges Committee |
A committee of the Board of Directors which hears
all disciplinary appeals on behalf of the Board of Directors. |
| Board of
Directors |
The governing body of the ACBL. |
| CDR |
This Code of Disciplinary Regulations. |
| Charge |
A matter brought to a committee by an ACBL
representative upon the making of a complaint. |
| Charging Person |
The official of a Unit, District or the ACBL
acting upon a complaint. |
| "Clear and
Convincing Proof" |
Proof which is more than a probability but less
than the certainty required in a criminal case. |
| Complainant |
A person or body bringing a complaint. |
| Complaint |
An accusation by an ACBL member, a non-member
playing in an ACBL sanctioned event, ACBL management or a Unit or
District alleging conduct in violation of CDR 3. |
| Disciplinary
Bodies |
Those committees set forth in CDR 1 which are
authorized to hear charges involving tournament discipline. |
| Discrimination |
Actions against a full-time or part-time ACBL
employee, independent contractor, member, or participant in an ACBL
sanctioned event because of race, creed, color, religion, national
origin, ancestry, sex, gender, disability, sexual orientation or
other personal characteristics covered by law. |
| Ethical Oversight
Committee |
A committee established by the Board of Directors
which hears original cases of cheating or serious breaches of ethics
or other disciplinary referrals per CDR 2.2.3(d). |
| Ethical
Violations |
Infractions of the Laws of Duplicate Contract
Bridge or the CDR that involve improper conduct consciously
perpetrated. "Ethical violations," include but are not limited to:
1. Any deliberate communication not allowed by
the Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge.
2. Obtaining unauthorized information from hand
records of the current session prior to the conclusion of play or
hand records of future sessions, except upon express instruction of
the Director.
3. Purposely looking at the unplayed cards of
another player (other than penalty cards) before play of the deal is
concluded.
4. Purposely looking at another player's (other
than partner's) private score or any score ticket or score slip, or
a video screen, which displays or contains scoring information for
or relating to a deal yet to be played by the offender during the
session.
5. Deliberately behaving in a manner intended
to disrupt, intimidate, or disconcert another player.
6. Concealing partnership agreements or
deliberately providing incomplete, inaccurate, misleading, or
inadequate explanations.
7. Deliberate violations of the Laws of Duplicate
Contract Bridge and/or ACBL regulations which may produce improper
or unfair advantages; no proof of intent to gain such unfair or
improper advantage is necessary. |
| Expulsion |
See CDR 4.1.5. |
| Expungement |
The removal of a discipline from a person's
disciplinary record so that it is as though the discipline was never
imposed. |
| Law |
A provision in the "Laws of Duplicate Contract
Bridge." |
| Participation in
an ACBL Sanctioned Event |
Appearing in the playing area of an ACBL
sanctioned tournament for any reason. |
| Presenter |
A person selected by the Chairman of the
Disciplinary Committee or the organization with jurisdiction to make
or assist with an impartial and neutral presentation of evidence to
a disciplinary body. |
| President |
The President of the ACBL Board of Directors. |
| Probation |
See CDR 4.1.2. |
| Reprimand |
See CDR 4.1.1. |
| Sexual Harassment
against a full-time or part-time ACBL employee |
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual
favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature
against a full-time or part-time ACBL employee when such advances or
conduct occurs during or part of an individual's employment for the
ACBL. Sexual harassment includes, but is not limited to: sexual
innuendo or sexually-oriented verbal abuse; unwanted physical
contact such as hugging, patting, stroking, or grabbing body parts;
displaying sexually suggestive objects, pictures or materials; using
disparaging and demeaning terms of a sexual nature which belittle or
degrade; using sexist terms involving prejudice or discrimination
based on one's sex; using sexist jokes or "teasing" of a sexist
nature; making obscene gestures or suggestive/insulting sounds;
indecent exposure; and/or inappropriate verbal or physical advances
of a sexual nature. |
| Suspended
Sentence |
See CDR 4.1.3. |
| Suspension |
See CDR 4.1.4. |
| TDC |
The Tournament Disciplinary Committee which is a
committee acting and completing its action at or immediately after
an ACBL tournament and which hears disciplinary charges arising from
action occurring at a tournament. |
