1. A system which enforces a policy for a virtual private organization formed of a plurality of management entities, each of said plurality of management entities comprising: a processor; a memory storing software modules, said software modules comprising a policy enforcement environment; and resources to be managed, wherein: a management console which manages said plurality of management entities distributes a policy description program to each of said plurality of management entities, each of said plurality of management entities correlates an access to information of a class in said policy description program with an information request to said resources to be managed or other said management entity, and correlates operation to a class in said policy description program with an enforcement request to said resources to be managed or other said management entity, and the classes are classes in an object-oriented program.