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OPINION: Restoring compliance capacity

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Our regular columnist on structural recovery, representational remediation, and the reconstruction of executable compliance.

Modern compliance systems are designed around a foundational assumption: When violations occur, remediation restores compliance.

  • Policies are revised.
  • Training expands.
  • Audits intensify.
  • Oversight increases.
  • Corrective action plans are implemented.

These responses are often sincere. They are also frequently insufficient. In structurally constrained systems, remediation activity may expand indefinitely while the