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To start with, we recommend you get familiar with PSCI Audit Protocols:  \n• PSCI Audit Guidance document  \n• PSCI Self-Assessment Questionnaire  \no Full template for Type B&C suppliers: Excel version , Word version.  \no Abbreviated template for Type A suppliers: Excel version , Word version.  \no Corrective Action Plan Template: Excel version , Word version.  \nThen please prepare the documents as per the checklist below and send them to PSCI Secretariat ([info@PSCInitiative.org](info@PSCInitiative.org)) to initiate your application process.  \nDocument checklist  \n• Company overview presentation , suggest consisting of following aspects:  \n➢ Current areas of activity (besides auditing)  \n➢ Local/regional/global presence (which countries)  \n➢ Expertise & experience with audits in the pharma sector (covering the pillars of the PSCI audit protocol, i.e. Business Ethics, Labor & Human Rights, Health & Safety, Environmental Protection and Management Systems.)  \n➢ Type of auditors (e.g. only inhouse auditors, or also use of freelancers) *If freelancers are used, how are the necessary qualifications as well as confidentiality ensured and maintained.  \n➢ Number of auditors' CVs included in your application and auditors’ area of expertise (e.g. 1 social auditor, 3 HSE auditors)  \n➢ Your quality assurance system regarding audits (e.g. selection of auditors, internal training, checking of audit reports etc)  \n➢ Open questions:  \n◆ How do you review auditors’ performance internally? Do you collect feedbacks from your clients and how you do it?  \n◆ Is there a firewall between auditing and certification/consulting business (if applicable)?  \n◆ And other questions that the PSCI Audit Committee would like to address.  \n• CV of your auditors  \n➢ Please use the CV templates in the Appendix  \n➢ You should include an example for a typical social/ethical auditor, and some examples for HSE auditors, preferably those who have conducted audits of active pharmaceutical ingredient sites or pharmaceutical finished forms (tablets, etc)  \n➢ If you are not sure of PSCI’s expectation of 3rd party auditors, please refer to Chapter 4: Auditor Qualification in PSCI Audit Guidance document.  \n• A sample redacted PSCI audit report (if applicable)  \nNew Audit Firm Application Process  \nNew audit firm applications are to be reviewed on a quarterly basis, overseen by Auditor Training sub-team under Audit Committee.  \nThe overall application process consists of the following steps:  \nNew application  \nFor audit firms that express interests in becoming PSCI approved audit firms , they need to prepare required documents according to the above document checklist and PSCI Audit Guidance document.  \n1st round of review  \nUpon audit firms submitting their application materials, PSCI Secretariat (Carnstone) will start 1st round of review, mainly looking at questions left unaddressed , lack of supporting documents or clarifying on certain points.  \n2nd round of review  \nOnce Carnstone has reviewed audit firms’ submission, Carnstone to take it to Audit Committee and make some initial recommendations.  \nReview Call (quarterly)  \nThe application will be shared with the Audit Committee for comments and feedback.  \nAt the same time, Carnstone to schedule the review call as per the availability of PSCI members and representatives from the audit firms in question.  \n* To make this process more transparent, apart from auditor training sub team, member companies who advocate for audit firms in question and member volunteers (expertise of topic area covered) are encouraged to sit on the review call.  \nOn the call, audit firms to present and answer questions from PSCI members.  \nDecision Making  \nPSCI members who joined the review call to exchange comments and make initial proposal to whether accept or decline the application. 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