The following are the Code of Ethics that are proposed in regard to Professional Competitive Eaters. This is a work in progress and the following tenants are being proposed while also asking anybody who visits the AICE website to send their comments and suggestions. It is the goal of AICE to establish the tenants with as much input from eaters and other concerned parties as possible. These proposed tenants will remain in the developmental status until they are finalized.

Proposed Tenant Regarding Compensation

The term professional implies some level of compensation for performance and services rendered. Also, Professional Eaters can knowingly perform without compensation in the event of a charity or any other event in which their decision was guided by informed consent.

Proposed Tenant Regarding Responsibility to Sponsor or Like Parties

A Professional Eater is always aware of his/her commitment to the sponsor he works with, whether agreement is made orally or in writing. In addition, a professional eater realizes that positive, constructive and creative behavior will not only enhance his/her career, but will also create future opportunities for individual eaters and the sport of competitive eating.

Proposed Standards for an Eaters Organization

Professional Eaters should not join an organization which seeks to remove the individual rights of the Eaters A professional Eater should not recognize an organization that claims to be an Eaters Organization but does not have an Advisory Board of Eaters, and/or other established procedures an mechanisms which allow communication between the organization and the individual eater. Also, a Professional Eater shall not participate in events which are promoted by organizations which do not respect the Code of Ethics of the competitive eater.

By virtue of representing itself as an Eaters Organization, it should embody the goals related to Safety, Rules and Standards for contests, integrity of rankings, and a spirit of fairness regarding the utilization of Professional Eaters. These Policies regarding safety, rankings, fairness to eaters, and contest standards should be available as a body of written information and these policies should be available to the membership for review and discussion.

Any Eaters Organization which promotes events and utilizes Competitive Eaters for this purpose should account to eaters regarding profit margin, expenditures and other financial information. If an organization is not willing to disclose such information, then said organization cannot make a legitimate claim to being an Eaters Organization.

Proposed Code of Ethics Regarding the Autonomy of the Individual Eater, Artistic and Creative Control and Use of the Professional Eaters Professional Identity

Professional Eaters recognize the right of other Eaters to pursue prizes, publicity and recognition without the interference of Sponsors, Promoters and other like parties unless there has been specific consultation and agreement between said parties that participating in such an event would be detrimental to previously contracted parties. In some instances it should be considered reasonable that said organizations may evoke a clause that Eaters will not promote a competing product for six months after date of said competition. Preferably, Potential competitors and specific eating competitions should be identified prior to the time of the Eaters participation so that Eater can make a decision based on Informed Consent. Part of an Eater's autonomy is also related to the issue of artistic and creative control. How an Eater is presented and utilized in a specific event is a matter of respecting an eater's professional identity and consulting with the eater on how they are introduced and utilized in a particular event.