Impartiality Policy

- QS Certification Middle East, its Directors, Managers, Staff and others involved in the Certification of Organisations fully understand the importance of impartiality in undertaking its Certification Activities.
- QS Certification Middle East will therefore ensure that in its dealings with clients or potential clients, all employees or other personnel involved in Certification Activities are, and will remain, impartial.
- To ensure that impartiality is both maintained and can be demonstrated, QS Certification Middle East has identified and risk assessed all relationships which may result in a conflict of interest or pose a threat to impartiality.
Adherence to all Accreditation and other QS Certification Middle East Policies.
QS Certification Middle East shall not carry out any other conflicting services other than its core business of Certification.
QS Certification Middle East shall not employ any professional conflicting its ethical policies.
QS Certification Middle East shall not allow any of its auditors to market the services and conduct the audits for the same client.
QS Certification Middle East shall not allow any of its auditors to carry out financial transactions with clients / consultants.
QS Certification Middle East shall not carry out business with any consultant inducing pressures to compromise impartiality.
All employees of QS Certification Middle East shall disclose any situation impairing the business ethics.
QS Certification Middle East shall not allow any of the auditors to carry out audits for the client at least for 2 years from the date of relinquishment from their services for the client.
QS Certification Middle East shall not allow any auditor to compromise on the audit timing as required as per the accreditation/ QS Certification Middle East norms.
QS Certification Middle East shall not allow any auditor to conduct the audit for the client for which it has not been approved for.
QS Certification Middle East shall maintain transparency with regard to all information.
No auditor shall divulge any confidential information of the client to any third party without written consent from the client and approval by MD
No auditor shall carry any client information with them after the usage period. All client information shall be returned after usage.
Utmost care / verification to be carried out for granting the right scope of certification.