For D.A.S. Certification, impartiality means providing certification services that ensure security and trust in the market.

D.A.S. Certification, its management, executives, staff, and all parties involved in certification activities fully understand the importance of impartiality in conducting certification operations.

D.A.S. Certification recognizes that the source of income for a certification body is the client paying for the certification, which represents a potential threat to impartiality. Therefore, D.A.S. Certification implements a series of controls to maintain impartiality.

To earn and sustain trust, it is essential that D.A.S. Certification's decisions are based on objective evidence of conformity or non-conformity and are not influenced by other interests or external pressures. Certification decisions are made and approved by a competent scheme manager who has not been involved in the audit management or assigned to the audit team.

When certain personal relationships create unacceptable threats to impartiality, certification will not be granted. D.A.S. Certification will not certify another certification body for its management system certification activities. When potential threats to impartiality arise, D.A.S. Certification eliminates or mitigates such threats through a process monitored by the Impartiality Committee.

D.A.S. Certification does not outsource audits or other certification activities to third parties. Whenever possible, it ensures that personnel who have provided consulting or internal auditing services within the past two years do not participate in certification activities.

· Self-interest threats: arising from an individual or entity acting in their own interest

· Self-review threats: arising when an individual reviews work they have conducted themselves

· Familiarity (or trust) threats: arising when an individual becomes too familiar with or overly trusts another, instead of seeking objective evidence

· Intimidation threats: arising when an individual perceives coercion, either overtly or covertly, such as the threat of replacement or reporting to a supervisor.

D.A.S. Certification recognizes the following threats to impartiality: