Background Investigations
1. Vendor warrants to WVUS that it will not allow any employee or Subcontractor to perform work that involves any of the following characteristics prior to passing a Background Investigation:
a. Engaging with a child beneficiary of World Vision.
b. Unsupervised access to a World Vision location similar to a WVUS employee.
c. International travel to a World Vision location.
d. Access to any of the following:
i. Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
ii. WVUS private network.
iii. WVUS financial information not for public disclosure.
2. Vendor is responsible to have a Background Investigation performed for its employee, Subcontractor, or Third-Party (that Vendor contracts with) when any of the above criteria applies, subject to paragraph 5 below.
3. Vendor and WVUS will use the following criteria for conducting Background Investigations:
a. SSN/Address History Verification: identifies an individual by checking credit-based as well as other sources for a matching SSN. Results include address histories, used in the discovery of jurisdictions for the retrieval of other information such as criminal records.
b. County Criminal Search (all jurisdictions represented in last 10 years of address history shall be searched): Jurisdictional search of court records in any county in the United States.
c. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Search: a check of the OFAC list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons lists.
d. Sex Offender: state-based search for sexual offenders who are required to register in the state in which they reside.
4. Passing a Background Investigation means no evidence is found of person having any criminal conviction, nor is person registered as a sex offender in any state of the United States, nor is listed on any Blocked Persons list issued by OFAC.
5. If Vendor is an independent contractor employing less than two full time employees; WVUS will have its third party service provider conduct Background Investigation.
World Vision Standard Provisions For Background Investigations
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