Okaz Hardly a day goes by without a news report about the closure of a restaurant, factory, warehouse or a hospital for violations committed by those facilities related to hygiene, environment and other specifications. These regulations must be adhered to in order to maintain the investment in such businesses, and in case of violations the facility would become a source of danger to the public and must be closed down. The supervisory and regulatory authorities charged with monitoring whether the businesses are following the regulations vary and differ. There are committees from municipalities and sometimes from Health Affairs, at other times from the Ministry of Commerce. And in spite of the diversity of facilities that are being shut down and the multiplicity of those who initiated the closing process, citizens who read the daily news hardly know anything about these facilities, although citizens are the ones harmed by the services these facilities offer. Any person's life is threatened because of unqualified hospitals or dirty restaurants, and citizens suffer when traders exaggerate prices or cheat on goods. It is not fair that the reputation of those facilities remain protected from defamation while they have been closed down of serious violations. And it is not fair that citizens remain ignorant of who and what is threatening their life and health. The failure to name those who commit major violations only means they have less incentive to exercise restraint from committing those offenses again. Naming and shaming them would ensure other facilities do not commit similar violations.
