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articles:context_of_the_organization [2019/08/02 07:50] – rrandallarticles:context_of_the_organization [2019/08/29 20:00] – [Context of the Organization... and "Interested Parties"] rrandall
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 ====== Context of the Organization... and "Interested Parties" ====== ====== Context of the Organization... and "Interested Parties" ======
  
-Context of the Organization... and "Interested Parties" involve some of the more interesting requirements in ISO 9001:2015 & AS 9100:2016 because this section involves socio-politically driven requirements. Few people recognize / appreciate that interpretation of these requirements is "country dependent".+While poorly described in ISO 9001:2015 & AS 9100:2016, the "Context of the Organization"... and "Interested Parties" actually involve cultural relativism. Cultural relativism is the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged against the criteria of another.
  
-When reading ISO 9001:2015, sec. 4.2 “Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties”, the interpretation varies depending upon whether the country is communist, socialist (closed or restricted economies) or a free society with a free market economy.+This means that interpretation of the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 & AS 9100:2016 changes when crossing cultural boundaries. Or, stated another way, interpretation of the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 & AS 9100:2016 is "country dependent". 
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 +Recognizing that some of the requirements contained in ISO 9001:2015 & AS 9100:2016 involve socio-politically driven requirements, one can easily understand how this severely limits the value of ISO 9001:2015 & AS 9100:2016.  
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 +For example, when reading ISO 9001:2015 & AS 9100:2016, sec. 4.2 “Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties”, the interpretation varies depending upon whether the country is communist, socialist (i.e., closed or restricted economies) or a free society with a free market economy.
  
 This accounts for the following definition being completely incongruent with businesses operating in a free society with a free-market economy (the “Example” having been added by TC 176). This accounts for the following definition being completely incongruent with businesses operating in a free society with a free-market economy (the “Example” having been added by TC 176).
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 “//There is no requirement in this International Standard for the organization to consider interested parties where it has decided that those parties are not relevant to its quality management system. It is for the organization to decide if a particular requirement of a relevant interested party is relevant to its quality management system.//”\\ “//There is no requirement in this International Standard for the organization to consider interested parties where it has decided that those parties are not relevant to its quality management system. It is for the organization to decide if a particular requirement of a relevant interested party is relevant to its quality management system.//”\\
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-ISO 9001:2015, Annex A.3 makes this "//requirement//" extremely simple for an organization to comply with... because whatever the organization decides, its "what" is required.+ISO 9001:2015, Annex A.3 makes this "//requirement//" extremely simple for an organization to comply with... because whatever the organization decides, that's "what" is required.
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 +===== Additional AS 9100:2016 (Rev. D) Requirement =====
  
-Unlike ISO 9001:2015, AS 9100:2016 requires "the organization" to document a general description" of the interested parties. For example, a defense contractor might include:+Unlike ISO 9001:2015, AS 9100:2016 (Rev. D) requires "the organization" to document a general description" of the interested parties. \\ 
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 +An example of "Interested Parties" for a defense contractor might include:
  
 ^  Interested Party  ^  Requirement(s)  ^ ^  Interested Party  ^  Requirement(s)  ^
 |  Customers         | Defined on a “case-by-case” basis in documented “contracts” and/or "Purchase Orders".  | |  Customers         | Defined on a “case-by-case” basis in documented “contracts” and/or "Purchase Orders".  |
-|  U.S. Department of State  | Defined in the “International Traffic in Arms Regulations” (22 CFR 120-130), when applicable.  | +|  U.S. Department of State  | Defined in the [[https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/22/chapter-I/subchapter-M|“International Traffic in Arms Regulations” (22 CFR SubChapter M, Parts 120-130)]], when applicable. | 
-|  U.S. Department of Defense  | Defined in the “Federal Acquisition Regulations” (FARs) & “Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations” (DFARs), when applicable.  | +|  U.S. Department of Defense  | Defined in the “Federal Acquisition Regulations” (FARs) & “Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations” (DFARs), when applicable. |
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-Example of "Interested Parties" for a company visiting ports (e.g., performing inspections of, or transferring goods from, barges, vessels, shore tanks, etc.)+An example of "Interested Parties" for a company visiting ports (e.g., performing inspections of, or transferring goods to/from, barges, vessels, shore tanks, etc.) might include:
  
 ^  Interested Party  ^  Requirement(s)  ^ ^  Interested Party  ^  Requirement(s)  ^