The Evolutionary Logic of Compliance Management Policies for Chinese Enterprises—An Analysis Based on Punctuated Equilibrium Theory
The current discussion on compliance management policies for Chinese enterprises mainly focuses on the sorting out of policies and the refinement of their characteristics,and lacks a strong elabo-ration on the logic of the policy evolution.In the perspective of punctuated equilibrium theory,Chinese enterprise compliance management policies have gone through four equilibrium periods and three intermit-tent periods,with the policy landscape undergoing the transformation of″public ownership construction-reconstruction of the market economy-industry compliance-comprehensive compliance″.The policy field has changed from the central government to diversified participation,showing the evolution of non-linear change.In this process,the central government attention,local government response strategies,focal events and social forces are the main factors influencing the policy change.These factors have also led to challenges for compliance management policies,such as a heavy reliance on central government at-tention,selective responses from local governments,and limited participation from social forces.To fur-ther improve the development of Chinese enterprise compliance management policies,it is necessary to build consensus between the central and local governments,vigorously promote the transformation of the policy landscape from supervision and accountability to empowerment and development,and emphasize the voices of market players in policy changes.