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A self-regulatory organization (SRO) is an organization that exercises some degree of regulatory authority over an industry or profession.The regulatory authority could be applied in addition to some form of government regulation, or it could fill the vacuum of an absence of government oversight and regulation.n United States securities law, a self-regulatory organization is a defined term. The principal federal regulatory authorityâthe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)âwas established by the Federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Areas of interest in self-regulation research Due to the fact that self-regulation as a concept is broad and is an overarching theme in many areas of life the research tends to cover a wide spectrum (Baumeister & Vohs, 2004).pecifically, self-regulation places oneâs âsocial conscienceâ over selfish impulses, allowing people to do what is right and not what they want to do (Baumeister & Bushman, 2008).