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 This means that interpretation of the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 & AS 9100:2016 changes when crossing cultural boundaries. And since culture is most often rooted in socio-political beliefs, economy, laws, regulations, etc., interpretation of the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 & AS 9100:2016 are often "nation dependent". (See [[articles:re-writing_iso_9001_through_interpretation|Re-writing ISO 9001:2015... through Interpretation]]) This means that interpretation of the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 & AS 9100:2016 changes when crossing cultural boundaries. And since culture is most often rooted in socio-political beliefs, economy, laws, regulations, etc., interpretation of the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 & AS 9100:2016 are often "nation dependent". (See [[articles:re-writing_iso_9001_through_interpretation|Re-writing ISO 9001:2015... through Interpretation]])
  
-----+Understanding the influence of //cultural relativism// on the authors helps explain ISO 9001:2015, sec. 4.1, Notes 2 & 3.
  
-//ISO 9001:2015, sec. 4.1: \\ +<blockquote>**ISO 9001:2015, sec. 4.1** \\ 
-NOTE 2 Understanding the external context can be facilitated by considering issues arising from legal, technological, competitive, __market, cultural, social and economic environments__, whether international, national, regional or local. \\ +NOTE 2 Understanding the external context can be facilitated by considering issues arising from legal, technological, competitive, market, __cultural, social and economic environments__, whether international, national, regional or local. \\ 
-NOTE 3 Understanding the internal context can be facilitated by considering issues related to __values, culture__, knowledge and performance of the organization. // \\ +NOTE 3 Understanding the internal context can be facilitated by considering issues related to __values, culture__, knowledge and performance of the organization. \\ 
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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. 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.
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 This accounts for the following definition being completely incongruent with businesses operating in a free society with a free-market economy (the “Example” immediately below the definition was added by TC 176 to the definition provided in "ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, Consolidated ISO Supplement - Procedures specific to ISO" (Fifth edition, 2014), Annex SL). This accounts for the following definition being completely incongruent with businesses operating in a free society with a free-market economy (the “Example” immediately below the definition was added by TC 176 to the definition provided in "ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, Consolidated ISO Supplement - Procedures specific to ISO" (Fifth edition, 2014), Annex SL).
  
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-//ISO 9000:2015, sec. 3.2.3: \\+
 interested party / stakeholder \\ interested party / stakeholder \\
 person or organization that can affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision or activity \\ person or organization that can affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision or activity \\
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-EXAMPLE Customers, owners, **people in an organization, providers, bankers**, regulators, **unions**, partners or **society** that can include **competitors or opposing pressure groups**.// +EXAMPLE Customers, owners, **people in an organization, providers, bankers**, regulators, **unions**, partners or **society** that can include **competitors or opposing pressure groups**. \\ 
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 In China, where more than ⅓ of all ISO 9001:2015 certifications have been issued, the “//Context of the Organization//” and its relationship with “//Interested Parties / Stakeholders//” has a very different meaning than in the USA! In China, where more than ⅓ of all ISO 9001:2015 certifications have been issued, the “//Context of the Organization//” and its relationship with “//Interested Parties / Stakeholders//” has a very different meaning than in the USA!