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A recent TikTok video that has more than 3.4 million views captured the spirit of self-enforcement.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2020

He said they responded well, committing to self-enforcement.

From Washington Times • Jul. 8, 2020

Deans called the current regulatory approach “an honor system” that “smacks of exactly the kind of self-enforcement that the independent commission found to be a fatal flaw” in the BP blowout.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2020

The insular, largely autonomous world of the federal court system -- spread among 12 regional circuits and 94 judicial districts -- itself provides unique challenges of self-enforcement, when workplace issues are being addressed nationwide.

From Fox News • Dec. 31, 2018

Yet these rules were purposely vague, encouraging something Wall Street is understandably fond of: self-enforcement.

From Time Magazine Archive