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

Self-policing, no matter how rigorous, lacks the credibility to resolve integrity questions on its own.

From MarketWatch

The commissioner would be able to investigate integrity threats, free from the conflicts inherent in self-policing.

From MarketWatch

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