AMRPLAMRPL has established an impartiality committee to safeguard the impartiality of the certification activities of AMRPL to obtain and maintain confidence; AMRPL’s decisions are based on objective evidence of conformity and are not influenced by other interests or other parties.

Managing Director, as per the competence criteria defined in document FT-21; nominates the members of the committee. While selecting the members AMRPL ensures that these members represent AMRPL’s clients, customers of certified clients, industry and trade organizations, Government regulatory bodies or government organizations and non-government organizations. Note: (As per ISO/IEC 17021-1: 2015 requirement of Impartiality Committee is not identified) Note: (As per ISO/IEC 17021-1: 2015 requirement of Impartiality Committee is not identified)

Impartiality Policy

AMRPL its directors, staff and others involved in the certification process understand the importance of risks associated with impartiality. AMRPL will identify and assess risks in all relationships which may result in a conflict of interest or pose a threat to impartiality. Threats to impartiality include, but are not limited to, the following: a) Self-interest threats: threats that arise from a person or body acting in their own interest. A concern related to certification, as a threat to impartiality, is financial self-interest. b) Self-review threats: threats that arise from a person or body reviewing the work done by themselves. Auditing the management systems of a client to whom the certification body provided management systems consultancy would be a self-review threat. c) Familiarity (or trust) threats: threats that arise from a person or body being too familiar with or trusting of another person instead of seeking audit evidence. d) Intimidation threats: threats that arise from a person or body having a perception of being coerced openly or secretly, such as a threat to be replaced or reported to a supervisor. e) Financial threats: the source of revenue for a certification body can be a threat to impartiality f) Subjectivity threats: threats that arise when personal bias overrules objective evidence.