self-policing
Monitoring your own
Self-policing is the practice of a group regulating its own members' behavior rather than relying on external authority.
Industries engage in self-policing to avoid government regulation: The tech sector's self-policing on privacy has been largely ineffective.
The term can also describe individual self-monitoring: Writing requires constant self-policing against cliché.
Often implies skepticism about whether such regulation actually works.
Resident-led area surveillance
- community standardsCollective rules for conduct
- peer pressureInfluence from one's equals
- social normsShared behavioral expectations
- collective responsibilityShared blame among members
code of conduct · reputation · peer review · community guidelines · whistleblowing · citizen patrol · honor system
Agreed-upon sector norms
- code of ethicsPrinciples governing professional conduct
- professional conductProper workplace behavior standards
- peer reviewExpert evaluation before publication
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
licensing boards · ethics committees · best practices · trade associations · professional bodies · internal audits · ombudsman · quality assurance
Regular surveillance route
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
watchfulness · scrutiny · reporting · compliance checks · internal affairs · oversight · auditing · deterrence
Internal moral sense
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
- inner strengthMental and emotional resilience
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
personal responsibility · moral compass · internalization · conscientiousness · integrity · autonomy
neighborhood watch
Resident-led area surveillance
- community standardsCollective rules for conduct
- peer pressureInfluence from one's equals
- social normsShared behavioral expectations
collective responsibility · code of conduct · reputation · peer review · community guidelines · whistleblowing · citizen patrol · honor system
industry standards
Agreed-upon sector norms
- code of ethicsPrinciples governing professional conduct
- professional conductProper workplace behavior standards
- peer reviewExpert evaluation before publication
accreditation · licensing boards · ethics committees · best practices · trade associations · professional bodies · internal audits · ombudsman · quality assurance
patrol
Regular surveillance route
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
inspection · watchfulness · scrutiny · reporting · compliance checks · internal affairs · oversight · auditing · deterrence · sanctions
conscience
Internal moral sense
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
- inner strengthMental and emotional resilience
accountability · personal responsibility · moral compass · internalization · conscientiousness · integrity · autonomy
- self-censorshipfiltering, holding back, restraint, editing, redacting
- self-regulationthermostat, homeostasis, feedback, autopilot, cruise control
self-policingstate-controlled
Run by government authority
audited · inspected · policed · micromanaged · commanded
self-policingunregulated
Not controlled by rules
lawless · unmonitored · ungoverned · unsupervised · anarchic
self-policinggovernment oversight
Official review of operations
state control · regulatory oversight · supervised · independent review · federal regulation
self, selves, selfish, selfhood, selfless, selflessness, police, policed, policing