This UNIDO guideline is a result of a collaborative effort to present to the quality infrastructure institutions and the professionals working in the field with highlights of professional practices and good governance principles that is related to their work.
The purpose of this code of good practices is to promote the different activities of the national quality infrastructure (standardization, conformity assessment, quality, metrology, etc…) and the associated professions of inspection, auditing, testing, consultancy and training through the observance by the professionals of the principles and rules of ethical conduct. The Code presents a number of principles and values on which this conduct is based and defines the aspects of the ethical professional conduct in the different areas of the quality infrastructure, as well as the internationally accepted guidelines in with the view to avoid unacceptable practices and correcting them if they occur.
