ABSTRACT
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a private, nongovernmental, international standards setting body based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1947, ISO promotes international harmonization and development of manufacturing, product, and communications standards. Although ISO is a nongovernmental organization, governments are allowed to participate in the development of standards, and many governments have chosen to adopt the ISO standards as their regulations. The ISO also closely interacts with the United Nations (ISO 2015a). ISO has promulgated over 20,500 internationally accepted standards for everything from paper sizes to lm speeds. Roughly 165 countries participate in the ISO as either “Participating” or “Observer” members. The United States is a full-voting Participating member and is ofcially represented by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
