Winter Haven FL — Recently an email was sent to ISO 9001 and AS9100 certification body Performance Review Institute (PRI) indicating that Oxebridge had interest in a “referral compensation program” in which PRI would pay Oxebridge for sending clients to it, for the purposes of certification.
Oxebridge issues the following statement:
The email in question was sent by a PRI auditor to sales management in PRI, after Oxebridge had requested the auditor provide updated contact information for PRI sales. The purpose of the inquiry was for Oxebridge to update its list of AS9100 certification bodies, and nothing more. Oxebridge was only asking for a contact name, address and phone number.
The auditor mistakenly went an extra step and requested information about a “referral compensation program”. This request was not prompted by Oxebridge, nor authorized by it.
Oxebridge has subsequently notified PRI that the request was not authorized by Oxebridge, and that Oxebridge considers such arrangements “toxic to the validity of certifications.”
PRI never made any offer to Oxebridge.
Oxebridge has never accepted any gifts or compensations from registrars, and maintains a strict policy against such arrangements between conformity assessment bodies and consultants. Oxebridge receives no revenue whatsoever from third party certification activities.
Christopher Paris is the founder and VP Operations of Oxebridge. He has over 35 years’ experience implementing ISO 9001 and AS9100 systems, and helps establish certification and accreditation bodies with the ISO 17000 series. He is a vocal advocate for the development and use of standards from the point of view of actual users. He is the writer and artist of THE AUDITOR comic strip, and is currently writing the DR. CUBA pulp novel series. Visit www.drcuba.world
