> So we need to hold regulatory bodies accountable as well - when they frame regulation such that organisations are cornered into this they get to be part of the culpability here too.
Replacing common-law liability with prescriptive regulation is one of the main drivers of this problem today. Instead of holding people accountable for the actual consequences of their decisions, we increasingly attempt to preempt their decisions, which is the very thing that incentivizes cargo-cult "checkbox compliance".
It motivates people who otherwise have skin in the game and immediate situational awareness to outsource their responsibility to systems of generalized rules, which by definition are incapable of dealing effectively with outliers.
Replacing common-law liability with prescriptive regulation is one of the main drivers of this problem today. Instead of holding people accountable for the actual consequences of their decisions, we increasingly attempt to preempt their decisions, which is the very thing that incentivizes cargo-cult "checkbox compliance".
It motivates people who otherwise have skin in the game and immediate situational awareness to outsource their responsibility to systems of generalized rules, which by definition are incapable of dealing effectively with outliers.