Competition between companies is too fierce for self-regulation to work.

公司之间的竞争过于激烈，难以进行自我调节。

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However, when teachers help pupils to reflect on their own learning and thinking activities, they increase their pupils' self-regulation.

然而，教师在帮助学生对学习和思维活动进行反思的同时，也增强了学生的自我调节能力。

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There's a need for greater self-regulation not simply on Wall Street but also on Pennsylvania Avenue.

不仅仅是在华尔街，在宾夕法尼亚大街同样需要更加强有力的自我约束。

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If self regulation is, in fact, a workable model, then why has it been such an abject failure?

FORBES: FINRA CEO Ketchum's Speech And The Shortcomings Of Self Regulation

Sullivan was not associated with othercompliance officers in a firm where all were subject to self regulation as members of a common profession.

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If self-regulation were truly comparable to regulation by the SEC, presumably the brokerage industry would have no reason to oppose an end to self-regulation.

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