Kühnel, StephanEibl, MaximilianGaedke, Martin2017-08-282017-08-282017978-3-88579-669-5Owing to the constant rise in the number of regulatory requirements, checking and ensuring business process compliance (BPC) becomes increasingly complex and thus more costly. Although managing BPC in a cost-effective way is critical for organisations, it lacks a corresponding domain model. In response, the paper at hand introduces a theoretically grounded conceptual model including necessary domain-specific elements, attributes and methods for cost-effective BPC. The model maps the operating principle of cost-effectiveness calculations in a BPC environment.enbusiness process compliancecompliancecost-effectivenessconceptual modeldomain model10.18420/in2017_1631617-5468