In: Operations Management
Public-Private Partnerships
When you are asked to share personal information, what are your criteria for sharing it? Does the identity of the person who is asking determine your ease or restraint in sharing? How important is it for you to know how the information will be used? Does knowing that the information shared could impact the well-being of your community make a difference?
When the need for information exchange is present, benefits are weighed against the risks. Imagine the complexity involved in partnerships between government and private organizations where the safety and security of a nation are at stake.
1. In the formulation of public-private partnerships
for critical infrastructure protection, in your opinion, what could
be a primary reason a private organization would hesitate to
provide data and information to the public sector? Please explain
your answer.
If asked to share personal information, I try to validate the objective behind the collection of the same. After validating the purpose for which it will be used, then only I share my personal information.
If a known person or a trusted source is asking for my information, I would be less hesitant in sharing it. Sharing personal information to a complete stranger can be quite an awkward process and I would first try to check the integrity of the person.
It is very critical for me to know the purpose for which my information will be used. Even while sharing information with a trusted source, I first like to check the validity of the purpose for what it will be used.
Yes, I completely understand the criticality of sharing personal information and the abuses that can be subjected to if it is shared with a wrong person.
1. A public private partnership is the strategic alliance or partnership between a private company and a government sector. This alliance facilitates the sharing of the competencies of both the sectors to deliver a facility of common and social objective.
A private sector may be hesitant in sharing data and information to the public sector if there are any non-adherences to statutory compliances in its data. if the private sector or the company is not transparent with its data or business processes, then it will have a problem in sharing its data with the public sector, who is usually the Government. The Government can take actions against the company if any kind of violations or non-compliances are found out.