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| A private-sector, non-profit, membership organization located in New York, serves as the administrator and coordinator of U.S. private sector voluntary standardization system, thus enhancing the global competitiveness of U.S. business and the American quality of life. |
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| International Benchmarking Clearinghouse |
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| A leading quality improvement organization in the U.S., with more than 130,000 individual and 1,000 sustaining members worldwide. |
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| Founded in 1926, AFNOR (Association française de normalisation), is an association governed by the law of 1901. It groups together 3000 members representing all of the economic sectors of France. |
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| Founded in 1968. A national body in Australia with offices in every Australian capital city and territory. It has approximately 6,000 individual and corporate members and it is the largest supplier of quality management training and education in Australia. |
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| Founded in 1901, the BSI Group is a leading business services provider to organizations worldwide. | ||
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| One of the leading standards development, certification and registration organizations in the world. |
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| The Federation of American Scientists is engaged in analysis and advocacy on science, technology and public policy for global security. A privately-funded non-profit policy organization whose Board of Sponsors includes over 55 American Nobel Laureates, FAS was founded as the Federation of Atomic Scientists in 1945 by members of the Manhattan Project who produced the first atomic bomb. |
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| The Institute of Quality Assurance (IQA) is the leading UK professional body representing those who regard quality as an essential aspect of their working life. Founded in 1919, IQA has continued to grow and adapt to the needs of its members and the profession. Today it has over 13 000 individual members and nearly 1000 affiliated organisations world-wide. |
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| An organization provides educational forums for executives and community leaders to learn from each other's experience. It has offices at New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Boston, London, Sydney and Santiago. |
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The International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) | |
| The International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) is the world's first international certification body for auditors of management systems. | ||
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| An official homepage of the International Organization for Standardization, which is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 100 countries, one from each country. |
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Formerly known as The Council on Economic Priorities Accreditation Agency (CEPAA), founded in 1997, is working to address the growing concern among consumers about labor conditions around the world. In response to the inconsistencies among workplace codes of conduct, SAI has developed a standard for workplace conditions and a system for independently verifying factories’ compliance. The standard, Social Accountability 8000, and its verification system draw from established business strategies for ensuring quality and add several elements that international human rights experts have identified as essential to social auditing. |
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| SIRIM Berhad, formerly known as the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia, is a government-owned company under the Minister of Finance Incorporated. The company came into operation on 1 September 1996 with the vision to be a world class corporation of choice for technology and quality. |
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| Major information source about the quality development, such as ISO 9000, ISO 14000 and Green Label, in Thailand. |
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Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production (WRAP) Certification Program | |
| WRAP is an independent, non-profit corporation dedicated to the certification of lawful, humane and ethical manufacturing throughout the world. |
Quality Plaza, Last Update on 18-Sep-2005
