Euro Veritas (Accredited from BAR-UK) understands the importance of impartiality in carrying out our management system certification activities manages any conflict of interests and ensures the objectivity of our management system certification activities.
• Do not pursue or plan to pursue business activities, which could jeopardize impartiality.
• Do not advertise certification/auditing services, which could affect impartiality.
• Do not employ personnel that may affect impartiality.
• Do not cater to clients where there would be a breach of impartiality
• Prohibits our external auditors from participating in the audit of any organization to which they have done consultancy or training(other than professionally registered auditor training), or they had any financial or commercial interest for a minimum period of 2 years prior to the date of application of the organization for registration.
• Ensures that when allocated a particular contract, Audit staff shall not disclose or discuss any detail; before or after the audit; to any member of staff other than their direct Management or other members of the team, as required by the “Code of conduct, confidentiality, conflict of interests and intellectual property agreement” and “Secrecy and non disclosure agreement” signed on the commencement of employment.
• Ensures that all subcontracted audit staff or technical experts used by Euro Veritas (Accredited from BAR-UK) shall sign a Confidentiality Agreement & conflict of interests.
• Prohibits our own employees from engaging in consultancy, which may involve the active design, generation or implementation of a Management System.
• Ensures that all directly employed Management and Staff are required to declare all financial interests or business activities on commencement and during the period of employment.
• Ensures that its staff or subcontractors shall not imply that certification would be simpler, easier or less expensive if their consultancy or training services were used. In addition to this, subcontract staff cannot offer consultancy or training services to Euro Veritas (Accredited from BAR-UK)’s clients that they have been assigned to audit, during or after the assigned task has been completed.
• Is responsible for, and retains absolute authority for decisions relating to certification, including the granting, maintaining, renewing, extending, reducing, suspending and withdrawal of certification.
• Include in our annual internal audit to review both virtual and potential risks to Euro Veritas (Accredited from BAR-UK)’s impartiality which will be reviewed by the Euro Veritas (Accredited from BAR-UK) Board of Directors.
