Closer look inside the security. Citizens versus private entities of security – in other words what we do not know about monitoring, internal regulations and the practice of security guards Cover Image

Ochrona pod lupą. Obywatel kontra prywatna ochrona bezpieczeństwa, czyli czego nie wiemy o wewnętrznych regulacjach, monitoringu i praktyce pracy ochroniarzy
Closer look inside the security. Citizens versus private entities of security – in other words what we do not know about monitoring, internal regulations and the practice of security guards

Author(s): Justyna Szymkowicz, Żaneta Kozłowska, Małgorzata Bojsza
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Security and defense
Published by: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
Keywords: private security protection; bodyguards work practices; monitoring; internal regulationsof security companies; controlled experiments; research project;

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to analyse the relationship between private security enterprises and citizens. Explored is what access to safety information has the user of guarded premises. The paper examined the regulations of private security firms and the requirements of keeping available monitoring records. The article reviews records of interviews with employees and managers, in which their work were discussed. The material used in this article are the result of controlled experiments carried out by a student research group operating within the framework of project NCN Opus 5 and headed by prof. Jolanta Jabłońska-Bonca. Under an established scenario, in which students took on different roles, the group were able to study the tendency of security personnel to disclose information related to their work. Parts of the conversations referred to in the text have been anonymised. The authentic spelling was retained to reflect in full a profile of a given worker and to give the reader an opportunity to perceive the atmosphere of the interviewing process.

  • Issue Year: 7/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 51-75
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish
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