Compliance
noun
Following or obeying rules, laws or requests.
The company was praised for its compliance with environmental laws.
Often appears as...
- compliance with laws
- compliance with standards
noun
An attitude of agreeing with others and doing what they suggest without any protest.
The manager expected compliance from his team members.
Often appears as...
- compliance with orders
- compliance with requests
noun
In medicine, it's the degree to which a patient correctly follows medical advice.
The doctor was concerned about the patient's compliance with the treatment plan.
Often appears as...
- patient compliance
- drug compliance
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Technical
noun
In engineering, it's the property of a material to deform elastically when a force is applied to it.
The compliance of the material was tested under different pressures.
Often appears as...
- material compliance
- compliance under load
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Technical
noun
Following or obeying rules, laws or requests.
The company was praised for its compliance with environmental laws.
Often appears as...
- compliance with laws
- compliance with standards
noun
An attitude of agreeing with others and doing what they suggest without any protest.
The manager expected compliance from his team members.
Often appears as...
- compliance with orders
- compliance with requests
noun
In medicine, it's the degree to which a patient correctly follows medical advice.
The doctor was concerned about the patient's compliance with the treatment plan.
Often appears as...
- patient compliance
- drug compliance
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In engineering, it's the property of a material to deform elastically when a force is applied to it.
The compliance of the material was tested under different pressures.
Often appears as...
- material compliance
- compliance under load
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Legal importance
Compliance indicates meeting legal or official standards, which is critical in many professions.
The new regulations required strict compliance from all financial institutions.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority respect
It often implies respecting authority or a set of standards set by an external body.
Their compliance with the new safety protocols was commendable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not voluntary
Compliance usually isn't voluntary but required to avoid legal issues or penalties.
Despite their reluctance, they showed compliance with the new company policies.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal importance
Compliance indicates meeting legal or official standards, which is critical in many professions.
The new regulations required strict compliance from all financial institutions.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority respect
It often implies respecting authority or a set of standards set by an external body.
Their compliance with the new safety protocols was commendable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not voluntary
Compliance usually isn't voluntary but required to avoid legal issues or penalties.
Despite their reluctance, they showed compliance with the new company policies.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal importance
Compliance indicates meeting legal or official standards, which is critical in many professions.
The new regulations required strict compliance from all financial institutions.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority respect
It often implies respecting authority or a set of standards set by an external body.
Their compliance with the new safety protocols was commendable.
Pro Tip 3/3Not voluntary
Compliance usually isn't voluntary but required to avoid legal issues or penalties.
Despite their reluctance, they showed compliance with the new company policies.
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A lab the size of a...
you know the dog is a surrogate for you you know today this month since the rainy season there are lots of opportunities for misunderstanding and so an issue here is to in some cases to figure out how to deal with matters that seem uninteresting like compliance now
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
the problem that officials encounter but the bottom line is it is going to have to be if we're going we want uh large compliance with mass squaring sending the signals from the top and doing it consistently across the united states of america is the most important
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How to escape...
It shouldn't obstruct it, which of course it often does. So in place of curiosity, what we have is a culture of compliance. Our children and teachers are encouraged to follow routine algorithms rather than to excite that power of imagination and curiosity.
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How judges can show...
I had been monitoring her case for a couple of months, her compliance with her medication, and had just closed out her case a couple of weeks ago. On this day she needed help, and she came to court. And after four hours of coaxing by the judge,
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The puzzle of motivation...
Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree, it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance.
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The secret weapon...
of testing, isolation, contact tracing and transparency to the public when they can, because it's important for the public to understand how many cases there are, where the disease is, if you're going to get compliance from the public.
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Mac Barnett: Why a good...
to come into compliance with code, he said, "Fine, I'm just going to build a pirate supply store." And that's what he did. And it's beautiful. It's all wood. There's drawers you can pull out and get citrus so you don't get scurvy.
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Defend our freedom to...
They want to raise the cost of copyright compliance to the point where people simply get out of the business of offering it as a capability to amateurs. Now the way they propose to do this is to identify sites
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Glenn Greenwald: Why...
because mass surveillance creates a prison in the mind that is a much more subtle though much more effective means of fostering compliance with social norms or with social orthodoxy, much more effective
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The Terra-Cotta Warriors...
astonishes scholars why would an emperor want each of his troops to be unique perhaps for chin beauty and individualism were is important as compliance in uniformity we can only speculate based on the
Video examples
A lab the size of a...
you know the dog is a surrogate for you you know today this month since the rainy season there are lots of opportunities for misunderstanding and so an issue here is to in some cases to figure out how to deal with matters that seem uninteresting like compliance now
Video examples
Stopping Pandemics, An...
the problem that officials encounter but the bottom line is it is going to have to be if we're going we want uh large compliance with mass squaring sending the signals from the top and doing it consistently across the united states of america is the most important
Video examples
How to escape...
It shouldn't obstruct it, which of course it often does. So in place of curiosity, what we have is a culture of compliance. Our children and teachers are encouraged to follow routine algorithms rather than to excite that power of imagination and curiosity.
Video examples
How judges can show...
I had been monitoring her case for a couple of months, her compliance with her medication, and had just closed out her case a couple of weeks ago. On this day she needed help, and she came to court. And after four hours of coaxing by the judge,
Video examples
The puzzle of motivation...
Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree, it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance.
Video examples
The secret weapon...
of testing, isolation, contact tracing and transparency to the public when they can, because it's important for the public to understand how many cases there are, where the disease is, if you're going to get compliance from the public.
Video examples
Mac Barnett: Why a good...
to come into compliance with code, he said, "Fine, I'm just going to build a pirate supply store." And that's what he did. And it's beautiful. It's all wood. There's drawers you can pull out and get citrus so you don't get scurvy.
Video examples
Defend our freedom to...
They want to raise the cost of copyright compliance to the point where people simply get out of the business of offering it as a capability to amateurs. Now the way they propose to do this is to identify sites
Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
because mass surveillance creates a prison in the mind that is a much more subtle though much more effective means of fostering compliance with social norms or with social orthodoxy, much more effective
Video examples
The Terra-Cotta Warriors...
astonishes scholars why would an emperor want each of his troops to be unique perhaps for chin beauty and individualism were is important as compliance in uniformity we can only speculate based on the
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Daniel H. Pink
American Author
Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree: it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better.
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Keir Starmer
British Politician
Rights compliance helps effective outcomes, it does not hinder them. That should come as no surprise because the 'human rights' in the Human Rights Act are the rights adopted in the aftermath of the horrors of the second world war, and are designed to protect all of us from oppression.
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Naval Ravikant
Businessman
Startups often want to control the timing of their financing announcement and prefer not to reveal amounts raised for competitive reasons. If more of the Form D information was confidential rather than public, compliance rates would jump dramatically.
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Allen West
American Politician
We're told compassion comes not from generosity but from compliance. We're told kindness means raiding a man's hard-earned wages and sending them off to Washington so they - not you - may dole them out in courtesies and indulgences.
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John W. Thompson
American Businessman
What we are seeing now is customers shifting their attention from security products like firewalls and intrusion sensors, to the policies that need to be in place, and the technologies that help them enforce policy compliance.
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Khalid A. Al-Falih
Saudi Arabian Public Servant
We absolutely want to harness nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. There should be no doubt about Saudi Arabian intentions. Whatever we do is going to be under strict compliance with international agreements.
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Marcia Fudge
American Politician
As utility companies work to achieve full compliance with clean water standards, Congress must ensure our nation's most vulnerable are not priced out of life's most essential resource.
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Brian Armstrong
American Businessman
It's important to understand how Coinbase thinks about regulation and compliance in the digital currency space. As an exchange, we view compliance as key to digital currency's success.
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Simon Mainwaring
Businessman
More and more companies are reaching out to their suppliers and contractors to work jointly on issues of sustainability, environmental responsibility, ethics, and compliance.
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Michelle Bachelet
Chilean Politician
The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
Quote examples
Daniel H. Pink
American Author
Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree: it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better.
Quote examples
Keir Starmer
British Politician
Rights compliance helps effective outcomes, it does not hinder them. That should come as no surprise because the 'human rights' in the Human Rights Act are the rights adopted in the aftermath of the horrors of the second world war, and are designed to protect all of us from oppression.
Quote examples
Naval Ravikant
Businessman
Startups often want to control the timing of their financing announcement and prefer not to reveal amounts raised for competitive reasons. If more of the Form D information was confidential rather than public, compliance rates would jump dramatically.
Quote examples
Allen West
American Politician
We're told compassion comes not from generosity but from compliance. We're told kindness means raiding a man's hard-earned wages and sending them off to Washington so they - not you - may dole them out in courtesies and indulgences.
Quote examples
John W. Thompson
American Businessman
What we are seeing now is customers shifting their attention from security products like firewalls and intrusion sensors, to the policies that need to be in place, and the technologies that help them enforce policy compliance.
Quote examples
Khalid A. Al-Falih
Saudi Arabian Public Servant
We absolutely want to harness nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. There should be no doubt about Saudi Arabian intentions. Whatever we do is going to be under strict compliance with international agreements.
Quote examples
Marcia Fudge
American Politician
As utility companies work to achieve full compliance with clean water standards, Congress must ensure our nation's most vulnerable are not priced out of life's most essential resource.
Quote examples
Brian Armstrong
American Businessman
It's important to understand how Coinbase thinks about regulation and compliance in the digital currency space. As an exchange, we view compliance as key to digital currency's success.
Quote examples
Simon Mainwaring
Businessman
More and more companies are reaching out to their suppliers and contractors to work jointly on issues of sustainability, environmental responsibility, ethics, and compliance.
Quote examples
Michelle Bachelet
Chilean Politician
The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
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