Impartiality Statement
OSS understands the importance of impartiality in carrying out management system certification
act
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Audit staff are prohibited from participating in the Audit of any organization to which they
have given assistance, by consultancy or training(other than professionally regis
tered
auditor training), or where they have any financial or commercial interest for a
minimum
period of 2 years
prior to the date of application of the organization for registration.
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OSS and its Audit Team Member or staff shall not
disclose
the confidential
information of
Client to any third
party,
without consent of client.
Or
if it is required by Law. Under the
confidentiality Agreement Policy of OSS.
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OSS direct employees are prohibited
from engaging in consultancy activities, which
involve the active design, generation or implementation of a Management
System.
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All directly employed Management and Staff are required to declare all financial interests
or business activities on commencement and during the period of employment.
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OSS
shall not certify another certification body
for its management system certification
activities.
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The
OSS
and any part of the same legal entity system
shall not offer or provide
management system
consultancy
.
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The
OSS
and any part of the same legal entity shall not offer or provide internal audits to
its certified clients.
The
OSS
shall not certify a management system on which it provi
ded
internal
Audits
within two years following the end of the internal audits.
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The
OSS
shall not certify a management system on which a client has received
Management
system consultancy or internal audits
, where the relationship between the
consultancy
Organization
and the
OSS poses
an unacceptable threat
to the impartiality
of the OSS.
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The
OSS
shall not outsource audits to a management system consultancy organization.
(Note
– This
not applicable to Individual )
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The
OSS's activities shall not be marketed or offered as linked with the activities of an
organization that provides management system consultancy.
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OSS shall not state or imply that the certification from OSS would be simpl
er , easier ,
faster or Less expensive , if a specified consultancy organization were
used
or if any
consultancy organization claims that if OSS were used , the certification would be
simpler,
easier, faster or less expensive. In this
case OSS shall take action to correct
inappropriate claims by any consultancy organization.
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All
OSS
personnel, either internal or external, or committees, who could inf
luence the
Certification
activities,
shall act impartially and shall not allow commercial, financial or
other pressure to compromise impartiality.