selfregulation

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Governments appear at one point to be looking at more selfregulation, while at the same time introducing more regulation.

Post Enron: Accountants and Accountability 2002
"At best however, direct regulation of a complex business through the machinery of government ... divides black from white with a buzz saw when the many variations of gray call for a surgeons scalpel ... and regulation of the ethics of an industry means a substantial degree of selfregulation, properly supervised by government."

The Role of Self-Regulation in the Securities Business 1967