NPOs-Regulators Connect (NRC)

Under the NRC initiatiive, CAH conducted the National Trust Survey. It was informed by an ethos of trust, recognizing the need to address the shortcomings of previous and ongoing regulatory measures that have often been implemented with a punitive approach. Consequently, compliance has been driven more by fear of repercussions than by a genuine commitment to doing the right thing.

The hypothesis of the study posited that there are strong linkages between trust and compliance: the more the regulated entities trust the regulator, the more they tend to voluntarily comply.