COMPLIANCE CONTROL – A KEY ELEMENT IN ENSURING THE ORGANIZATIONAL STABILITY OF AN INSTITUTION

Iulia CAPRIAN, Olga COVALI, Liliana BUZILĂ Universitatea de stat din Moldova

Abstract

In the scholarly literature on regulation, “compliance” focuses on target populations of regulation, the extent to which they comply with regulation, and why they do so. Different strands of social science take different approaches to this question. For example, law and economics scholars look at cost-benefit calculations and thus focus on deterrence and costs of compliance (e.g. Becker 1968; Stigler, 1970). Sociological scholars tend to look more at social norms and what makes them binding within social groups (e.g. DiMento, 1989; Vaughan, 1996; Schwartz & Orleans, 1967). Psychologists might look at individual traits and small group psychology to explain rebellion and conformity (e.g. Brehm & Brehm, 1981; Jenkins 1994). Undoubtedly, the compliance control has many benefits, but it is worth paying a lot of attention to the steps that need to be made in order to establish a quality compliance activity. Keywords: compliance, control, regulatory institutions, legislation, compliance monitoring, compliance policy.