Author: Christopher Paris

UKAS Sides with LRQA; Oxebridge Calls Investigation “Deeply Troubling”

UKAS Sides with LRQA; Oxebridge Calls Investigation “Deeply Troubling”

Posted by | Aug 12, 2014 | | 0

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has ruled that Lloyds Register (LRQA) was in full compliance with ISO 17021 accreditation rules when it issued an ISO 9001 certificate to an organization it had knowledge was circulating counterfeit certificates just months prior. Oxebridge had filed a complaint with LRQA, to which LRQA responded by threatening a lawsuit and blocking all Oxebridge emails. UKAS has also ruled that these activities are entirely consistent with ISO 17021.

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EAGLE Defends Scheme to Give “Preferred” Status to Consultants Who Sell for Them

EAGLE Defends Scheme to Give “Preferred” Status to Consultants Who Sell for Them

Posted by | Aug 11, 2014 | | 0

EAGLE Certification Group’s new Director of Business Development Ben Marchant has defended the company’s new “EAGLE Consultant Partner Program”, ignoring accusations that it violates ISO 17021’s requirements of a firewall between registrars and consultants. He characterized the questions about his company’s practices as “aggression.”

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Another Quality Moron Has Racist Meltdown

Another Quality Moron Has Racist Meltdown

Posted by | Aug 10, 2014 | | 0

Shaun Sayers of the UK’s Capable People blog, and an official trainer for IRCA and IEMA, responded to a question on LinkedIn related to verifying the credibility of ISO 9001 accreditation bodies. Out of the blue, Sayers chimed in with a racist indictment of Indian culture. Will anyone hold him accountable? Don’t hold your breath.

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