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Quality Audit

What is Quality Audit?

An examination of a quality management system to verify it meets defined standards and effectively controls processes and outputs.

Audit and Assurance

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as quality audit. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on quality audit

Requirements naming quality audit across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.

GRI Standards2 controls

GRI governance + 2024-2025 pipeline. GOVERNANCE: GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) - independent international organization founded 1997 + headquartered Amsterdam Netherlands.

GRI-Governance-GSSB-2024-2025-Pipeline · GRI Governance (GSSB + Board), 2024-2025 Pipeline and Interoperability Initiative

The IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) programme is an internationally recognised airline safety evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of airlines.

IATA-IOSA-Scope-Programme-Registry-RBI-AuditCycle · IATA IOSA - Programme Scope + Registry + Audit Cycle + Risk-Based IOSA + Accredited Audit Organizations

Ensure adequate disclosure and transparency per OECD/G20 Principles Chapter V. The corporate governance framework should ensure that timely and accurate disclosure is made on all material matters regarding the corporation including (a) financial and operating...

OECDCG-5 · Disclosure: Material Information, Financial Reporting, Sustainability, and Audit

Questions people ask about quality audit

What is Quality Audit?
An examination of a quality management system to verify it meets defined standards and effectively controls processes and outputs.
Why is Quality Audit important for compliance?
Quality Audit is a key concept in Audit and Assurance. Understanding quality audit helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Quality Audit?
Quality Audit appears in the requirement text of GRI Standards, IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Standards Manual, IATF 16949:2016 - Quality Management System for Automotive Production, Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020, OECD/G20 Principles of Corporate Governance. Across these standards we have identified 6 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Quality Audit?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how quality audit applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Quality Audit applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.