[Verse 1] They hand you a binder, two hundred pages thick Policies for everything, from parking to your pic Anti-harassment training, click through every slide But when the real problems come, there's nowhere left to hide [Chorus] It's compliance theater, just for show Training doesn't make the bad stuff go Document and check the box today But the behaviors never change that way Compliance theater, legal shield Protection for the company's revealed Not for you, just for their defense When the lawsuits commence [Verse 2] Diversity training's mandatory, sit there for an hour But Harvard's research shows it backfires with its power Psychological reactance kicks in when you're told what to think Black women lose positions while the metrics start to sink [Chorus] It's compliance theater, just for show Training doesn't make the bad stuff go Document and check the box today But the behaviors never change that way Compliance theater, legal shield Protection for the company's revealed Not for you, just for their defense When the lawsuits commence [Bridge] Meta-analyses prove what we suspected all along Completion rates are high but retention's pretty wrong When policies pile up like snow, contempt begins to grow Important rules get lost inside the bureaucratic show [Verse 3] Write it down, document it all, create that paper trail Performance issues, discipline, accommodation's tale It's honest when they tell you it's just risk management But don't pretend this theater serves the employee's benefit [Chorus] It's compliance theater, just for show Training doesn't make the bad stuff go Document and check the box today But the behaviors never change that way Compliance theater, legal shield Protection for the company's revealed Not for you, just for their defense When the lawsuits commence [Outro] The curtain falls on policies That nobody believes Compliance theater's final bow While real change never breathes
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