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Post By : AFNS On 12 October 2005 12:00 AM
The investigation revealed that, although GIA had undertaken to fortify various facets of the grading process during the past decade, additional measures were required. Destino said: “O’Neil has an outstanding reputation as a thorough and tough investigator. Dozens of witnesses and thousands of documents, including diamond grading reports, were reviewed during the extensive four-month review. They presented for the board’s consideration a number of possible enhancements of existing policies governing the grading process and compliance in general. The board has decided to implement a number of the recommendations, including the appointment of a compliance officer in the laboratory who will report to the general counsel and will oversee the enforcement of the institute’s compliance policies.
“We have zero tolerance for any misconduct by employees of the laboratory. They undermine confidence in GIA’s ability to serve the diamond industry and ensure the public’s trust in gems and jewellery,” said Destino. “Going forward, all GIA employees will be obligated to report all suspected violations of the institute’s compliance policies to the new compliance officer. At the same time our policies apply with equal force to lab clients. We, therefore, will not tolerate any violations of our code of ethics by clients of the lab, most particularly improper attempts to influence the outcome of our grading reports. We have identified a small community of lab clients who are implicated in such actions and, rest assured, they will be dealt with swiftly and decisively.”
The National Jeweler News Service reported that GIA President William Boyajian thanked the board of governors, saying: “I want to thank the Board of Governors for their strong leadership in this sensitive matter. Because of GIA’s important position in the industry and in the public eye as the leading authority in gemology, we take very seriously the need for our practices, procedures, and employees to be beyond reproach. Tom Moses is a man of unquestioned integrity and professionalism, as he has demonstrated over his 23 years of outstanding service to the Institute. His leadership will be essential in bringing a serious, systematic approach to our efforts to strengthen our organization even further.”
FOLLOWING the lawsuit filed on the Gemmological Institute of America alleging faulty business practices at the laboratory in New York, GIA has announced departure of four employees after a four-month review. The committee to investigate the allegations in the lawsuit and any related business practices was formed in May. A review was headed up by the law firm of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP under the leadership of Thomas F. O’Neil III, a partner based in Washington, DC. “The Board was deeply disturbed by the claims asserted in the complaint, and we felt that we had a responsibility to ourselves, our clients, and the public to not only look into them but to also thoroughly examine all lab practices. That is precisely what we have done,” said Ralph Destino, chairman of GIA’s Board of Governors, in a press statement.

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