Principals of Accreditation

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The principles of accreditation refer to the fundamental values and principles that guide the accreditation process. These principles are designed to ensure that accreditation is fair, impartial, and transparent, and that it serves to enhance the quality and credibility of the organizations or individuals being evaluated.

Our accreditation principles are as follows.

1. Independence: Accreditation bodies should be independent and impartial, and should not have any financial or other conflicts of interest that could influence their evaluations.
2. Transparency: The accreditation process should be open and transparent, with clear and consistent criteria for evaluating organizations or individuals.
3. Fairness: The accreditation process should be fair and unbiased, and should not discriminate against any organizations or individuals.
4. Confidentiality: The accreditation process should respect the confidentiality of the organizations or individuals being evaluated, and should not disclose any sensitive or proprietary information without their consent.
5. Consistency: The accreditation process should be consistent and reliable, with clear and objective criteria for evaluating organizations or individuals.
6. Continuous improvement: Accreditation bodies should encourage the continuous improvement of the organizations or individuals they evaluate, and should provide feedback and support to help them improve.

Overall, the principles of accreditation are designed to ensure that the process serves to enhance the quality and credibility of the organizations or individuals being evaluated, and to promote trust and confidence in the accreditation system.

We understand the importance of impartiality and the consideration of any potential conflict of interests in carrying out our business activities. We are committed to providing conformity assessment services that are objective and impartial. To this end, our processes are designed to uphold confidentiality, effective consultation, non-discrimination and consensus.

Impartiality

The United States Accreditation Inc. the partiality of its bodies and accredited organisations during decision making and when declaring results of findings is excluded.

Openness

All natural or legal persons can apply for accreditation by United States Accreditation Inc. provides accreditation in a non-discriminatory manner, based on mutual agreement between the applicant and the accreditation body.

Transparency

The structure as well as all managerial and decision-making procedures of United States Accreditation Inc. are fully transparent.

Independence

Dependence of the United States Accreditation Inc. bodies and of the accredited organisations on any commercial or other financial interests with undesirable effects upon their activities and decisions, is excluded due to the measures taken.

Professionalism

The activities of the United States Accreditation Inc. bodies, including assessment during the accreditation process are performed by top-level experts in a given field of science, technology and practice, sufficiently familiar with the principles of accreditation.