QUALITY INTERNATIONAL shall have process to identified, analysed, evaluate, treat, monitor, and document the possibilities for conflict of interests and risk related to conflict of interest arising from the provision of certification, including any conflicts arising from its relationships on an ongoing basis.
However, if any activities or relationship creates a threat to impartiality, QUALITY INTERNATIONAL shall document and eliminate or minimize such threats / risk and document any residual risk also. QUALITY INTERNATIONAL shall document, analyze and minimise or eliminate such threats which includes:
Top Management of QUALITY INTERNATIONAL review all residual risk to determine if it is within the level of acceptable risk.
Quality International risk assessment process includes identification of and consultation with appropriate interested parties to advise on a matter affecting confidence in certification, including impartiality, openness, and public perception. The consultation with appropriate interested parties shall be balanced with no single predominating.
During the risk assessment QUALITY INTERNATIONAL identify and consult interested parties to take advise on matter affecting confidence in certification, impartiality, openness, and public perception. These interested parties may include:
A relationship that threatens the impartiality of QUALITY INTERNATIONAL can be based on ownership, governance, management, personnel, shared resources, finances, contracts, training, marketing and payment of a sales commission or other inducement for the referral of new clients, etc.
QUALITY INTERNATIONAL continually evaluates its relationship with any other organization, which may affect its impartiality. QUALITY INTERNATIONAL shall make this information available to the expert committee.
