compliance
Doing as told
Compliance is the act of following rules, orders, or requests.
A company in compliance with regulations meets legal requirements.
The word often implies yielding to authority or pressure rather than acting from conviction: She agreed out of compliance, not enthusiasm.
In medicine, patient compliance means following prescribed treatment.
The adjective compliant describes someone who readily goes along with what's asked of them.
Compliance with authority
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- yieldingBending under pressure
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
- docilityReadiness to submit
subservience · capitulation · surrender · meekness · passivity · conformity · subordination · tractability
Official rules governing conduct
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
certification · accreditation · directives · mandates · protocols · guidelines · requirements · procedures
Adherence to norms
- observanceKeeping of customs
- accordanceState of agreement
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
commitment · dedication · upholding · fulfillment · obligation · duty · respect · consistency
Formal assessment of condition
- reviewCritical written assessment
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- verificationProving something accurate
assessment · evaluation · checklist · documentation · findings · discrepancies · corrective · internal
Force upon contact
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
authority · control · sanctions · penalties · force · duress · leverage · intimidation
Global standards body
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- best practicesProven effective methods
- normsExpected behavioral standards
criteria · metrics · parameters · framework · policies · procedures · requirements · uniformity
obedience
Compliance with authority
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- yieldingBending under pressure
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
docility · subservience · capitulation · surrender · meekness · passivity · conformity · subordination · tractability · dutifulness
regulation
Official rules governing conduct
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- governanceHow authority is exercised
enforcement · certification · accreditation · directives · mandates · protocols · guidelines · requirements · procedures · controls
conformity
Adherence to norms
- observanceKeeping of customs
- accordanceState of agreement
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
fidelity · commitment · dedication · upholding · fulfillment · obligation · duty · respect · consistency · obedience
inspection
Formal assessment of condition
- reviewCritical written assessment
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
verification · assessment · evaluation · checklist · documentation · findings · discrepancies · corrective · internal · external
pressure
Force upon contact
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
mandate · authority · control · sanctions · penalties · force · duress · leverage · intimidation · threat
ISO
Global standards body
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- best practicesProven effective methods
norms · criteria · metrics · parameters · framework · policies · procedures · requirements · uniformity · baseline
statute
Enacted written rule
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
directive · provision · clause · litigation · judiciary · attorney · counsel · subpoena · jurisprudence · bylaw
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- military termsarmy, navy, air force, marines, soldier
- School Administrationprincipals, vice principal, school boards, assistant principal, headmaster
- workplace policiescode of conduct, ethics, policies, workplace policy, HR policies
- finance termsnet profit, gross profit, budget, credit, debt
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
compliancenoncompliance
Failure to follow requirements
defiance · non-compliance · disobedience · violation · resistance
complianceresistance
Capacity to withstand force
defiance · obstinacy · stubbornness · rigidity · inflexibility
compliancerigidity
State of being unbending
stiffness · inflexibility · resistance · hardness · unyieldingness
- bylaws complianceFollowing an organization's internal rules
- corporate complianceFollowing mandated business standards
- treaty complianceFollowing pact obligations
- malicious complianceHarmful adherence to instructions
- OSHA complianceMeeting workplace safety standards
- legal complianceFollowing applicable laws
compliant, noncompliance, compliancy, compliances, noncompliant, incompliant, non-compliance, non-compliant