regulations
Governing body's directives
Regulations are official rules issued by an authority to control conduct or procedure.
Government agencies create regulations to implement laws: environmental regulations, building regulations, safety regulations.
The term often implies bureaucratic requirements that may feel burdensome: We're drowning in regulations.
Regulation as an adjective means standard or required: regulation uniform, regulation size.
Official enactment of statutes
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- ordinancesLocal government rules
- bylawsOrganization's internal regulations
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
enactments · decrees · mandates · jurisprudence · legality · code · administrative law · rulemaking
Imposed or inherent bounds
- prohibitionsFormal orders against something
- constraintsLimits on action
- controlsOperates or regulates
- bansOfficial restrictions imposed
embargoes · moratoriums · curbs · caps · ceilings · quotas · sanctions · exclusions
Faithful following of something
- conformityAdherence to norms
- auditFormal accounts examination
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
inspection · due diligence · validation · verification · monitoring · accountability · documentation · reporting
Stated requirements and parameters
- benchmarksStandards for measuring performance
- criteriaStandards for judgment
- metricsStandards for assessment
- normsExpected behavioral standards
parameters · uniformity · consistency · ISO · ANSI · quality standards · safety standards · emissions standards
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
policy · guidelines · protocols · procedures · directives · watchdog · commissioner · ombudsman
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- ordinancesLocal government rules
- bylawsOrganization's internal regulations
codification · enactments · decrees · mandates · jurisprudence · legality · code · administrative law · rulemaking · promulgation
limitations
Imposed or inherent bounds
- prohibitionsFormal orders against something
- constraintsLimits on action
- controlsOperates or regulates
bans · embargoes · moratoriums · curbs · caps · ceilings · quotas · sanctions · exclusions · blacklists
adherence
Faithful following of something
- conformityAdherence to norms
- auditFormal accounts examination
- certificationAttestation of qualification
accreditation · inspection · due diligence · validation · verification · monitoring · accountability · documentation · reporting · disclosure
specifications
Stated requirements and parameters
- benchmarksStandards for measuring performance
- criteriaStandards for judgment
- metricsStandards for assessment
norms · parameters · uniformity · consistency · ISO · ANSI · quality standards · safety standards · emissions standards · building codes
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- frameworkUnderlying support system
supervision · policy · guidelines · protocols · procedures · directives · watchdog · commissioner · ombudsman · bureaucracy
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- public informationnews, public records, weather, census data, court records
- School Administrationprincipals, vice principal, school boards, assistant principal, headmaster
- business location factorsnatural resources, cheap labor, tax breaks, skilled workforce, infrastructure
- Compliance Termscompliance, standards, guidelines, certification, accreditation
- Legal conceptshuman rights, civil rights, legal duties, duty of care, contracts
regulationssuggestions
Proposed ideas or advice
guidelines · recommendations · advice · proposals · opinions
regulationsanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
chaos · disorder · lawlessness · disorganization · mayhem
regulationsderegulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
freedom · liberty · laissez-faire · free market · autonomy
- food safety regulationsRules protecting consumers from contamination
- park regulationsOfficial conduct requirements outdoors
- trade regulationsRules governing commercial exchange
- noise regulationsLaws controlling volume levels
- employment regulationsRules governing workplace conditions
- hospital regulationsOfficial healthcare facility rules