Member firm admissions

Grant Thornton has developed a set of criteria that must be met by prospective member firms in order to join the organisation. The criteria for membership include:

• the prospective firm's reputation for quality and its adherence to high standards
• adoption of global policies, procedures and methodologies, including our methods and quality control systems for providing services to clients, our engagement protocols and our ethical and independence polices
• maintenance of a system of quality control that meets or exceeds International Standards on Quality Control (ISQC) 1
• agreement to the periodic evaluation of their system of quality control by our global quality monitoring teams.

Admission as a member firm is dependent on the outcome of a due diligence process performed to determine whether the prospective firm meets the criteria for membership. New member firms are then subject to obligations set out in the Grant Thornton Member Firm and Name Use agreements. Member firms must abide by global policies and standards. Member firms are subject to the same global quality monitoring policies, procedures and practices.