International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers

2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Private Security ◽  
International Code ◽  
Security Service

scholarly journals Supplier Selection Process-Towards a Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Manned Guarding Services

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Rui Entradas Silva ◽  
Álvaro Lopes Dias
Keyword(s):  
Delphi Method ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Supplier Selection ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Private Security ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Security Service ◽  
Decision Making Model

This study seeks to identify the most important criteria for selecting private security service providers, specifically manned guarding. Previous research on provider selection has been generic focusing on multi-criteria model decision development, but not on the previous stage where industry related criteria should be identified. Given that manned guarding is a service that affects our daily lives, it is important to focus attention on this area of activity. Selecting a private security service provider should therefore be a process in researchers’ agenda. We contribute to the literature by identifying relevant criteria in manned guarding provider selection and by using a methodology than can be applied in other industries to identify sensitive criteria besides traditional factors (eg. price, quality, delivery). We gathered a panel of 15 experts in this field to apply Delphi method by gathering their opinion in ordering the most important criteria to select manned guarding service providers.Results shows price as the most important criterion, but it was closely related to the professional experience of the operations managers (supervisors and directors), the geographic location and the financial stability of the companies.

Private Security Companies and Other Private Security Service Providers (PSCs) and Environmental Protection in Jus Post Bellum

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Onita Das ◽  
Aneaka Kellayv
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Private Security ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Jus Post Bellum ◽  
Private Security Companies ◽  
Security Service ◽  
Security Companies

A challenge to environmental protection and the jus post bellum framework is the rise in Private Security Companies and other Private Security Service Providers (PSCs). The marked increase in the outsourcing of vast amounts of operational and logistical work to PSCs have caused key issues around PSC oversight, regulation, and concern around civilian protection linked to environmental issues to arise. Using the Iraq (2003–11) and Afghanistan (2001–14) conflicts as examples, this chapter explores the growth of PSCs, their environmental performance, and reviews the adequacy of legal and policy frameworks that regulate PSCs to ensure the provision of adequate environmental protection as part of jus post bellum in order to contribute to sustainable peace. Areas of law explored include international humanitarian law, international human rights law, binding legislation and soft law specific to PSCs, contract litigation, corporate liability, state and non-state actor obligations in respect to PSCs, and shared responsibility.

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