[quote=mithawk]
Having worked for companies in both of those fields you mentioned, plus food service, I still find your observation that compliance audits are "guilty until proven innocent" to be incomprehensible. Do you feel the same way if, for instance, in the process of operating a motor vehicle, an officer asks to see your driver's license?
We clearly see the world from different perspectives. I'm speaking at the macro level and you are speaking at the micro level. When the head of the regulatory department comes to me and says that the FCC wants to us to halt sales on a major product because they have decided a previously approved internal part now causes unlawful interference due to a changed interpretation of the rules, it is not in any way analogous to a traffic stop. It matters when the cost of fighting in terms of lost sales and legal fees far exceeds the lesser penalty they offer if we don't fight.
Anyway, this is getting off topic, so I will stop.
