About CIRQ
The CASRO Institute for Research Quality is committed to providing timely, thorough, and impartial assessments of its customers’ quality management systems in order to make a determination regarding certification to ISO 20252 and/or 26362. CIRQ has been established in compliance with all ISO requirements for certification bodies that provide auditing and certification services for ISO 20252 and 26362. CIRQ complies with the following:
1. Global Specification Protocol for Organizations Certifying to an ISO Standard related to Market, Opinion and Social Research.
2. ISO/IEC 17065 Standard for Conformity assessment Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services.
3. ISO/IEC 17021:2011 Conformity assessment Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems
The global specification document (#1 above) is now the certification protocol for the industry worldwide. In addition, CIRQ is audited annually by an independent auditor to insure that CIRQ maintains conformance to the above in the conduct of its auditing and certification practices. CIRQ is independently operated and managed under the oversight of an Advisory Board.
For More Information Contact:
Jennifer Ward, Operations Director, CIRQ: 631-642-0542
jennifer.ward@cirq.org