self-policing

American  

[self-puh-lees-ing] / ˌsɛlf pəˈlis ɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of a group of people) independently monitoring the behavior of its own members and addressing any failure to abide by established rules or laws.

2. (of a system, program, etc.) having a built-in mechanism for detecting and stopping inadmissible actions.

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noun

1. the act, on the part of a group of people, of independently monitoring the behavior of its own members and addressing any failure to abide by established rules or laws.

2. the function of a mechanism built into a system, program, etc., that detects and stops inadmissible actions.

Example Sentences

But a system of self-policing has created a culture of under-reporting to law enforcement and a false sense of security for new festival goers.

From Salon

At Natural Body Astoria, a vitamin and supplement store in Queens, worker Nick Kubler said the company was already self-policing before the law came in this week.

From Seattle Times

Even before the aircraft manufacturers approached the government about expanded self-policing of their work, the FAA was moving in that direction, Dostert said.

From Seattle Times

Nowadays, with fighting and self-policing by teams on the decline, many of hockey’s unwritten rules are being debated by a newer generation of fans and players that seem to covet the “celly” and showmanship more than predecessors.

From Seattle Times

"There is a whole boatload of scholarship noting that nonprofit enforcement is severely lacking, but for the most part nonprofits are pretty good at self-policing if only to avoid scandal that would impact donations," he said.

From Reuters