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Quality conscience: Who holds you to account?

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Kate Smith, Managing Director at Capella Associates, discusses the challenges of knowing what the right thing is, and shares what a quality conscience looks like at her organisation.

Weighing up the consequences of doing the right thing

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For World Quality Week 2022, the CQI’s Chair, Amanda McKay CQP FCQI, discusses what doing the right thing looks like in the nuclear industry, and the changes that have occurred over recent years to incorporate a quality conscience from the start.

Should an audit be announced?

Published: 25 Oct 2022

Is the element of surprise helpful when it comes to conducting an audit? Caitlin McArthur, Audit & Compliance Manager at Sodexo, makes the case against surprising clients with an audit.

Effective auditing starts with the end result in mind

Published: 25 Oct 2022

Internal auditors need to ensure that top management fully understand what audit results are telling them. Andy Nichols, CQP FCQI, Quality Program Manager at Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center in the US, explains how.

Planning for audit success or for the sake of planning?

Published: 25 Oct 2022

When looking ahead to conducting an audit, are you planning for success, or just planning for the sake of planning? IRCA Lead Auditor Andy Lau takes a look at three key points to consider for internal audits.

Working hard is hardly working

Published: 21 Oct 2022

Many businesses are trapped into the belief that productivity means working your staff longer and harder, but lessons to the contrary go back more than 40 years. Robert Menzies CQP MCQI, Continuous Improvement Manager at Fresenius Kabi Ltd, reviews those lessons.