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{{def|Due diligence questionnaire|/djuː/ /ˈdɪlɪʤəns/ /ˌkwɛstɪəˈneə/|n|}}The 120-page long [[form]] by which one satisfies one’s [[compliance department]] that one has paid attention to the organisation and competence of one’s financial service providers.
{{def|Due diligence questionnaire|/djuː/ /ˈdɪlɪʤəns/ /ˌkwɛstɪəˈneə/|n|}}The 120-page long [[form]] by which one satisfies one’s [[compliance]] department that one has paid attention to the organisation and competence of one’s financial service providers. This is a final [[The Victory of Form over Substance|victory for form over its epochal battle with substance]] in the mind of the modern multinational organisation.


Persons charged with requiring, or responding to, [[due diligence questionnaire]]s like to shunt any difficult or stupid questions they find to the [[legal department]]. This is almost never justified or appropriate.
Persons charged with requiring, or responding to, [[due diligence questionnaire]]s like to shunt any difficult or stupid questions they find to the [[legal department]]. This is almost never justified or appropriate.