Private security services. Protection of critical infrastructure

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Private Security ◽  
Security Services

Institutional Logics and Low Skills: The Case of the Private Security Sector in Singapore

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1029-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soon Joo Gog ◽  
Johnny Sung ◽  
David N Ashton
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Private Security ◽  
Relational Sociology ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Security Services ◽  
Adequate Understanding ◽  
Low Pay

This article introduces the concept of institutional logics to provide a more adequate understanding of the interaction between firms and the institutions within an economy that impact on skills and pay. We argue that the most prominent institutionalist approaches suffer from a number of major weaknesses that have contributed towards the failure of policy initiatives derived from them. We then demonstrate how developments in relational sociology offer the promise of remedying these deficiencies. The case of the private security services sector in Singapore, which has suffered from low skills and low pay, is then used to illustrate how this new approach, highlighting the institutional logics of the sector, can provide a more productive approach to policy in this area.

scholarly journals The un Guidelines on the Use of Armed Guards

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elke Krahmann
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Private Security ◽  
Security Services ◽  
Security Industry ◽  
Private Security Companies ◽  
New Guidelines ◽  
The Military ◽  
Industry Associations

In 2012, the United Nations approved new Guidelines on the Use of Armed Private Security Companies by its agencies, funds and programmes. The Guidelines hold the potential to not only enhance the quality of armed security services contracted by the un, but also raise professional standards within the military and security industry more generally by serving as a model for other consumers and companies. Nevertheless, a close reading of the Guidelines indicates that there is still room for improvements. Drawing on best practices identified by industry associations, major clients and academic research, this article makes six recommendations for revision. Specifically, the article contends that expanding the scope, content and enforcement of the Guidelines would contribute to strengthening the control over private security contractors.

Funding Frontiers: Public Policing, ‘User Pays’ Policing and Police Foundations

2019 ◽  
pp. 115-140
Author(s):  
Randy K. Lippert ◽  
Kevin Walby
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Private Security ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Private Benefit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Security Services ◽  
The Us ◽  
Police Foundations ◽  
Retail Establishments

This chapter explores the longstanding but surprisingly neglected ‘user pays’ policing, as well as newer and proliferating police foundations in Canada and the US. Many police departments in North America and beyond now offer ‘user pays’ public policing. The premise of ‘user pays’, as its name suggests, is that the public should not pay for private use of the public police. Those who use their security services for private benefit should pay, and the more they use them, the more they should pay. In practice, this involves selling security services to individuals and organisations for street festivals, funeral escorts, concerts, special parades, and retail establishments, and sometimes directly to private security firms themselves. These arrangements always entail uniformed officers providing security to these ‘users’ via temporary assignment.

Private Security Companies and Institutional Legitimacy: Corporate and Stakeholder Responsibility

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Elms ◽  
Robert A. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Private Security ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Public Provision ◽  
Moral Legitimacy ◽  
Institutional Legitimacy ◽  
Security Services ◽  
Private Security Companies ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Security Companies

ABSTRACTThe private provision of security services has attracted a great deal of recent attention, both professional and popular. Much of that attention suggests the questioned moral legitimacy of the private vs. public provision of security. Linking the literature on moral legitimacy and responsibility from new institutional and stakeholder theories, we examine the relationship between moral legitimacy and responsible behavior by both private security companies (PSCs) and their stakeholders. We ask what the moral-legitimacy-enhancing responsibilities of both might be, and contribute to both literatures and their managerial implications by detailing the content of those responsibilities, emphasizing the reciprocal nature of moral obligations. We suggest that the moral legitimacy of the industry depends upon responsible behavior by both PSCsandtheir stakeholders.

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