RSJ Impartiality Policy

RSJ Inspection service Ltd (RSJ) & its Management is committed to safeguard the impartiality, independence, and conflict of Interest in its all the conformity assessment services (Audit, Inspection, Assessment, validation and verification etc.) and related activities by, 

Ensuring the ownership, governance, management, personnel, shared resources, finances, contracts, training, marketing, payment of sales commission, or other inducement for referral of new clients, do not compromise independency and impartiality of all the services (Audit, Inspection, Assessment, validation, and verification etc.)  & Activities provided. 

Not conducting the services when RSJ (including, but not limited to, owners, managers, or auditors or verifier or associate) has business interest in the outcome of the service, this includes but is not limited to, fees, or other business contingent on the outcome of service.  

For Social Compliance Audit  
Not providing the social compliance audit service at any facility where the RSJ, its owners, managers, associate have provided social compliance consultancy within the preceding two (2) years. 
Ensuring not to use any Auditor, assessor who has involved in social compliance consultancy for the client in the preceding two (2) years. 

For Inspection Service  
Not providing inspection service at any facility where the RSJ, its owners, managers, associate are involved in design, manufacture, supply, installation, use or maintenance of the items to be (or it) inspected. 
Ensuring does not use any associate who has involved in providing activities like design, manufacture, supply, installation, use or maintenance of the items to be (or it) inspected. 

For GHG validation / verification Service 
Ensuring not to use any verifier who has involved in verification and Validation programme for the client in the preceding two (2) years. 

For General Conformity Assessment Activities
– Adhering to good governance, being honest & trustworthy and implement adequate measures to ensure to uphold these principles. 
– Being impartial in its policy making and operations providing objective evidence to base its findings and decisions.  
– Preventing Organizational, Commercial, or other pressures from impartiality with any related party and to which RSJ is required to provide services. 
– Act as a faithful service provider and not engage in any activity that presents an unacceptable conflict of interest and avoid any perception of the same. 
– Inculcating impartiality as culture among all RSJ associates.  
– RSJ & its associates shall maintain integrity at all times. 
– Remuneration of associates is independent and not influenced in any way to the service results / findings. 
– Identifying and evaluating the probable risks to impartiality. 
– Imparting appropriate measures to eliminate or minimize the potential risk. 
– Periodically reviewing the risk and the mitigation to keep them up to date. 
– Honouring the declarations made in RSJ ethics and conduct code and RSJ compliance program. Same is accessible through weblink. 
https://www.rsjqa.com/social-responsibilities/ethics-and-conduct-code-3