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https://www.mcloughlin.world/ssa-lexicon/term/policy-stack-saturation/
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Policy Stack Saturation
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Policy Stack Saturation
Scope note: When Systems Collapse Under Their Own Governance Layers
The accumulation of policies, frameworks, standards, procedures, audits and compliance obligations to the point where systems become internally contradictory, unmanageable or functionally inaccessible. Policy Stack Saturation often creates implementation bottlenecks, inaccessible compliance systems, worker overload, governance confusion and symbolic rather than operational compliance.
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Published in SSA Ontology v0.1.0. Content licensed CC BY 4.0.
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This concept was extracted from the original SSA Lexicon and republished as a stable ontology resource. Original source page(s): https://www.mcloughlin.world/ssa-lexicon/glossary-of-legislation-laundering/