1S017025 12: Ensuring Impartiality vt General 111. Top management ofthis laboratory understands and acknowledges the importance of impartiality and tha there are potential conficts of interest that can atise when performing calsration andlor testing actives. 1.2. Because new conficts of interest can surface over ime, top management and laboratory personnel palpate ina risk assessment annually to ensure ongoing impartially and identify new potential ‘confess of interest rating to tho calibration andlor tosting activitios performed by our laboratory 13. Top management and laboratory personnel shall identify and assess risks inal rlationships that may rosultin a confit of interest and pose a throat to impartiality. Throats to Impartalty incudo, but aro nat limited t, the falling: 13.1. SalFinteras threats: threats that arse fom a person or body acting in its own Interest to benefit isl 1.3.2. Subjectivity threats: throats that arse when personal bias overrules objective evidence, 133 Familiarity threats: threats that aise fram a person being familiar with or rusting of ‘another parson, 0. top management or laboratory parconnel Geveloping a relavonship With a cent that affects the ebilty to reach an objective judgment 13.4. Inimidation treats: threats that prevent a laboratory or is personnel from acting ‘objectively due to fear of a clent or othe interested stakeholder: 1.3.5, Financial teats: the source of revenue for a laboratory or i's personnel can be a threat to impartially. 4.4, Confct f interest and objectity are futher addressed in our Code of Conduct and through contractually binding agreements that ensure testing and calbration activities are conducted in an Relient aad ett ee1S017025 12: Ensuring Impartiality vt General 111. Top management ofthis laboratory understands and acknowledges the importance of impartiality and thal there are potential conficts of interest that can arise when performing calration andlor testing actives. 1.2. Because new conficts of interest can surface over ime, top management and laboratory personnel palicpate fn a risk assessment annually to ensure ongoing impartially and identify new potential ‘confess of interest rating to tho calibration andlor tosting activitios performed by our laboratory 13. Top management and laboratory personnel shall identify and assess risks in al relationships that may rosultin a confit of interest and pose a throat to impartiality. Throsts to Impartalty incudo, but aro, nat limited t, the falling: 13.1. SalFinteras threats: threats that arse fom a person or body acting in its own Interest to benefit isl 1.3.2. Subjectivity threats: throats that arse when personal bias overrules objective evidence, 133. Familiarity threats threats that aise fram a person being familiar with or rusting of ‘another parson, 0. top management or laberatory parconnel Geveloping a relavonship With a cent that affects the ebilty to reach an objective judgment 13.4. Inlimidation treats: threats that prevent a laboratory or is personnel rom acting ‘objectively due to fear of a lent or other interested stakeholder: 1.3.5, Financial teats: the source of revenue for a laboratory or i's personnel can be a threat to impartially. 1.4. Confct of interest and objectivity are futher addressed in our Code of Conduct and through contractually binding agreements that ensure testing and calbration activities are conducted in an Relient aad ett ee1S017025 12: Ensuring Impartiality vt General 111. Top management ofthis laboratory understands and acknowledges the importance of impartiality and thal there are potential conficts of interest that can arise when performing calration andlor testing actives. 1.2. Because new conficts of interest can surface over ime, top management and laboratory personnel palicpate fn a risk assessment annually to ensure ongoing impartially and identify new potential ‘confezs of interest rating to tho calibration andlor tosting activitios performed by our laboratory 13. Top management and laboratory personnel shall identify and assess risks inal relationships that may rosultin a confit of interest and pose a throat to impartiality. Throsts to Impartalty incudo, but aro, nat limited t, the falling: 13.1. SalFinteras threats: threats that arse fom a person or body acting in its own Interest to benefit isl 1.3.2. Subjectivity threats: throats that arse when personal bias overrules objective evidence, 133. Familiarity threats threats that aise fram a person being familiar with or sting of ‘another parson, 0. top management or laberatory parconnel Gevaloping a relavonship With a cent that affects the ebilty to reach an objective judgment 13.4. Inimidation treats: threats that prevent a laboratory or is personnel from acting ‘objectively due to fear of a lent or other interested stakeholder: 1.3.5, Financial teats: the source of revenue for a laboratory or i's personnel can be a threat to impartially. 1.4. Confct of interest and objectity are futher addressed in our Code of Conduct and through contractually binding agreements that ensure testing and calbration activities are conducted in an Relient aad ett ee633. Meeting Minutes 634 Conective Actions ® |SO17025 QP-012: Ensuring Impartiality vi 7. Mechanism for Safeguarding Impartiality 74. Top management shall appoint a committee with balanced representation to be the mechanism for csafaguarding impartalty. The commitee shall G9 referred to as the Imparialty Assurance Gommities™ 7.2. Tho Impartiality Assurance Commitee shall be comprised of 72.1. Atleastone ean stakeholder 72.2. least ane representative from the laboratory personnel performing the calibrations ‘andlor tests, Wight) ses Lacpsee ose rmceiesice al ce,