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The secret is that Compliance Officers are at-will employees too.

https://www.workforcebulletin.com/2012/05/22/new-yorks-at-wi...

What are the ramifications of this? That they can be fired by saying the company is doing bad?

Yes

Yes, but compliance officers can be conveniently held responsible. Why would you fire a potential scapegoat? Naturally, compliance officer's are by nature risk averse and apply CYA approach liberally.

They don’t scapegoat the compliance officer.... there is more of an art to avoiding liability than that.

The mere presence of a compliance officer checks the box.

A compliance officer sounding an actual alarm can get them fired.

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