On Tue, 12 May 2009 19:32:43 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 12 May 2009 21:21:20 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> 
>>>> Wait, what? Auditors? Harm you? Paranoid much?
>>> Well, it *is* their job to prove that I'm doing my job wrong
>> 
>> Well, no, not really.  It's their job to prove your company is
>> following the laws that they're required to and to document areas where
>> compliance isn't being met.
> 
> In practice, auditors that don't find violations are like cops who don't
> give out any tickets because people are all obeying the law. The
> auditor's job may be to show your company is following the rules, but
> their performance is judged on how many rulebreakers they find. :-)

I could see it that way, I suppose. :-)

Jim

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