> You're onto something, though: in a corporate environment, the word "compliance" is a magic spell that disables all critical thinking skills within earshot.
Is that a bad thing? The vast majority of regulations exist because someone's "critical thinking" went too far in the name of profit.
Your mistake is assuming that the idea being sold internally under the heading "compliance" is required by, or even tangentially related to, an actual regulation.
Is that a bad thing? The vast majority of regulations exist because someone's "critical thinking" went too far in the name of profit.