Yes, such rules and processes are often made in reaction to something bad happening. I like the description Jason Fried gave of policies being "organizational

Yes, such rules and processes are often made in reaction to something bad happening. I like the description Jason Fried gave of policies being "organizational scar tissue" in response to a "cut" (i.e. something bad happening). He suggests that we don't scar on the first cut: https://m.signalvnoise.com/dont-scar-on-the-first-cut/ https://m.signalvnoise.com/dont-scar-on-the-first-cut/