Editing Amway (section)

===Accreditation program===
In 2006, Amway (then Quixtar in North America) introduced its ''Professional Development Accreditation Program'' in response to concerns surrounding business support materials (BSM), including books, tapes and meetings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quixtar Professional Development Accreditation Program |url=http://www.quixtaraccreditation.com/ |website=Quixtar Accreditation |publisher=Quixtar, Inc. |access-date=26 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821223815/http://www.quixtaraccreditation.com/ |archive-date=August 21, 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Dornan|first1=Beth|title=A short history of BSMs (business support materials)|url=http://www.amwayinsider.com/2006/09/01/a-short-history-of-bsms-business-support-materials/|website=Amway Insider|publisher=Amway|access-date=26 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406235333/http://www.amwayinsider.com/2006/09/01/a-short-history-of-bsms-business-support-materials/|archive-date=April 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010 this was superseded by its ''Accreditation Plus'' program to ensure that all BSM content is consistent with Amway's quality assurance standards, which approved providers of BSM must abide by.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Droog|first1=Cindy|title=A+|url=http://www.amwayinsider.com/2011/02/15/a/|website=Amway Insider|publisher=Amway|access-date=26 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407041111/http://www.amwayinsider.com/2011/02/15/a/|archive-date=April 7, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IBOAI Milestones|url=http://www.iboai.com/your-iboai-board/iboai-history/iboai-milestones|website=IBOAI – Your Voice|publisher=IBOAI|access-date=26 March 2016|archive-date=March 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325034650/http://iboai.com/your-iboai-board/iboai-history/iboai-milestones|url-status=live}}</ref> The quality assurance standards state that<ref>{{cite web|title=Quality Assurance Standards for Business Support Materials (BSM)|url=http://www.amway.in/store/amway/en/INR/static-pages/amwayPdfLink/QAS|website=Amway india|publisher=Amway|access-date=26 March 2016|archive-date=April 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423065109/http://www.amway.in/store/amway/en/INR/static-pages/amwayPdfLink/QAS|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UKRAINIAN BSM (BUSINESS SUPPORT MATERIAL) QUALITY ASSURANCE STANDARDS|url=https://www.amway.ua/_fileserver/item/11768/BSM_QAS_EN.pdf|website=Amway|access-date=26 March 2016|archive-date=April 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407204146/https://www.amway.ua/_fileserver/item/11768/BSM_QAS_EN.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Quality Assurance Standards|url=http://www.amway.com/lcl/en/ResourceCenterDocuments/Distributor/ops-amw-fact-d-en--QualityAssuranceStandards.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.amway.com/lcl/en/ResourceCenterDocuments/Distributor/ops-amw-fact-d-en--QualityAssuranceStandards.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|website=Amway|access-date=26 March 2016}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
* Promoting political causes or other issues of a personal nature in the Amway Business environment is not permitted 
* Spiritual references are not allowed as the message or focus and presenters may not use the stage as a platform to promote religious and/or personal social beliefs
* Endorsement or denouncement of specific candidates, political parties, and/or issues, unless specifically related to the operation of an Amway Business is not allowed.