Atlas is committed to impartiality in quality certification and inspection activities. Atlas quality policy is a publicly available statement that it understands the importance of impartiality.
Committed to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17021:2015 and ISO/IEC 17020:2012 to ensure impartiality.
Established processes to identify, analyze, evaluate, treat, monitor and document risks related to conflicts of interest.
When threats to impartiality exist, documents explain the removal or reduction of threats and document residual risks.
When a relationship poses an unacceptable threat to integrity, inspection/certification will not be provided.
Will establish a committee of interested parties including clients and representatives of industry associations.
Detailed Commitments
- Identifying risks that threaten impartiality on an ongoing basis
- Taking responsibility for the impartiality of inspection activities
- Not allowing any commercial or financial pressure to compromise impartiality
- Conducting inspection activities impartially
- Not certifying other certification bodies
- Not providing management consulting services
- Not conducting internal audits for certified clients
- Not certifying a management system where internal audits were provided until after two years
- Not providing services linked to organizations providing management consulting
- Not allowing consulting institutions to market its activities
- Not indicating that certification will be simpler, easier, faster, or less expensive
- Atlas employees not interfering in management system decisions
- Not providing specific advice on the design and implementation of management systems