AUDITOR’S CODE OF CONDUCT

All QUALIS’ auditors are to comply with the following Code of Conduct:

• Act professionally, accurately and in an unbiased manner.
• Maintain confidentiality in regard to all work involved with the affairs of QUALIS’ clients.
• Do not represent conflicting or competing interests.
• Do not have any personal interest in the affairs of the organizations audited
• Do not provide auditing or technical specialist services to organizations to whom the Auditor have also provided consultancy or training services in the previous two and a half years.
• Do not offer or provide consulting or training services to organizations to whom the Auditor have also provided auditing services in the previous two and a half years.
• Do not disclose any details of systems, methods, processes, ideas, data, knowledge, facts, figures or any other information on the organizations audited.
• Do not discuss or disclose to another party any information relating to an audit, including audit findings and certification decisions, unless required by law, or authorized in writing by the client.
• Do not remove any documents from clients’ premises unless it is part of the auditing activity and approved by the client.
• Do not accept any inducement, commission, gift or any other benefit from a client, their employees or any third party.