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# Awards & Core Values Setup

> Set up spot awards, approval-based awards, jury awards, and core values in Empuls.

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## Steps

### Setting Up Awards

<Steps>
  <Step title="Navigate to Awards & Core Values">
    Go to **Reports and Admin → Programs → Awards and Core Values**, then click **Create an Award**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a Spot Award">
    Select an image, enter a name, description, and internal description. Choose the recipient type, set points (fixed or range), optionally attach a certificate, and define the nominee and nominator criteria.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create an Approval-Based Award">
    Follow the same steps as a spot award, then additionally choose an **approver designation**. The award is only given after the approver's sign-off.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a Jury-Based Award">
    Follow the same initial steps, then select a **jury panel** and optionally a **moderator** who can view jury ratings and shortlist recipients. Set multi-level approvers as needed.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Submit nominations in bulk">
    Click the three dots (⋯) on any award → **Submit Nomination in Bulk** → upload a CSV file with all nominee data.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Setting Up Core Values

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to Core Values section">
    From the Awards and Core Values page, navigate to the **Core Value** section and click **Add a Core Value**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Define the core value">
    Give the core value a name, choose an icon from the icon library, and add a description.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Use core values in recognition">
    From the homepage, click **Recognize → select a person → choose the core value or award → add a citation**. You can use AI to select a tone for your citation before sending.
  </Step>
</Steps>
