For example, every modern data network and application server upon which the Internet functions makes extensive use of machine level, network level, and application level proxies. This topic is beyond the scope of this property, although it is written about extensively under other names and is present in various phenomena as documented in numerous discussions by Schneier and others on the confluence of technology engineering and social engineering.
Consider how, in a modern world, this might affect environmental inputs in one's everyday existence as well as how such inputs may affect the person. For example, surrounding yourself with people that evidence the same character traits and ambitions that you value would statistically improve your chances of same. Similarly reasonable discretion, judgement, and evaluation as to what constitutes a primary source of influence within a given context as well as mindfulness and cognitive reappraisal of information is logical.
The best compliance teams tend professorial and eschew contention. See for example Rule Making.