2006-11-10 01:58:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Public Sector is government things eg...health, councils, education etc.
Private sector is private businesses.
2006-11-10 02:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by Fun Guy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your description of the public sector is flawed. It isn't the public workers to decide the services the people need and/or want, it's the elected representatives that do. The problem with pubic sector unions (not workers) is that they support selected politicians in their elections or reelections. These are then the ones that the unions work with in their collective bargaining, this collusion leaves no checks and balances in preventing runaway concessions to the public sector unions. The party that is effected by all this, the taxpayers, are left out of the equation. This is unlike private sector unions. The same people the union is bargaining with are the same people that are effected by any concessions given. If bad decisions are made by management, the company suffers. If bad decisions are made by public service managers, they don't suffer. Government rarely goes bankrupt. As for corporate executives making big bucks, so what? Taxpayers aren't paying for it. However, the benefits and wages public sector workers get are paid for by the taxpayers.
2016-05-22 02:38:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Public Sector is owned by Government & Private Sector is owned by Private Individuals / corporates (Non- Governmental)
2006-11-10 02:14:59 · answer #3 · answered by Alrahcam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Public sector is funded by the Government - ie council housing, NHS etc.
Private sector is run by greedy "businessman" scumbags trying to exploit people and rip people off, particularly in the case of private sector landlords.
2006-11-10 03:56:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a nurse (public sector) and my ex-husband in oil refinery (private sector), the answer is MONEY. Public sector doesn't make it but private sector does!
2006-11-10 02:09:44 · answer #5 · answered by ARMom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A public sector company is 'owned' by the Government of the day. ie The NHS, The Ministry of Defence and The Child Support Agency
A private sector company is owned by an individual or by a group of individuals or by another private company. ie Boots, WHSmith or Vodafone
2006-11-10 02:03:26 · answer #6 · answered by Fin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Public Sector = inefficieny because of no competition. Private sector = efficient because of competition. There are many other things wrong with the public sector, but I would be writing all night. eg, unionised, politicised, committees,inertia, Political correctness etc.
2006-11-10 09:00:43 · answer #7 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Public sector is controlled by the government whereas private sector by private enterpreneurs!
2006-11-10 02:07:08 · answer #8 · answered by Sami V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory, the public sector is anwerable though your elected representatives, but in practice some of these Government Quangoes are a law unto themselves, do whatever they please are not anwerable to anyone but the Courts of Law and do not even comply then.
Private companies are answerable to nobody but themselves or their shareholders and their bankers.
If your rented accomodation is put into the private sector, you will not get any protection from the frequent landlords malpractice (unethical but within the law). They will simply harass and bully their tenants as they please with no comebacks.
2006-11-10 04:29:54 · answer #9 · answered by Perseus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Public sector is funded or run by the gonvernment. The private sector is private enterprise.
2006-11-10 02:01:41 · answer #10 · answered by JJ London 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋