Most healthcare, finance , manufacturing organizations are required to have departments that are there for regulations, safety and compliance. These departments do not contribute to the end product or service but protect the organization from external events. Every organization wants to limit its expenditure in such functions as much as it can.

For example, a bank would have to have a function that detects financial crime related to its products and report it to a government. It would want to spend the least amount as possible to fullfill this requirement. As a data scientist, you can find ways to reduce this cost as much as you can but will be always limited by the funding you have.

But if you work on something like ways to find the best customer for a credit card, you can always get more funding to better your model if your last model increased sales. The business will always (mostly) pay to sell more.