mandatory reporters
Legally compelled informants
Mandatory reporters are professionals legally required to report suspected child abuse, neglect, or other harm to authorities.
Teachers, doctors, nurses, social workers, and clergy typically fall under these laws.
The requirement exists because these roles involve regular contact with vulnerable populations.
Failure to report can result in criminal penalties.
As a mandatory reporter, she was obligated to contact child protective services.
Groups disproportionately susceptible to harm
- childrenYoung human beings
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- disabledMade unable to function
- at-risk youthYoung people facing hardship
minors · patients · students · residents · wards · trafficking victims
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- complianceAdhering to requirements
documentation · timeliness · good faith · immunity · liability · penalties · professional duty · reasonable suspicion
Quality of protecting secrets
- dutyRequired moral task
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- professionalismWorkplace conduct standards
- trustworthinessQuality of being reliable
moral obligation · transparency · dilemma · privacy · informed consent · professional boundaries · whistleblower · conscience
Those who instruct students
- nursesMedical care professionals
- physiciansMedical doctors collectively
- social workersProfessionals helping struggling individuals
- therapistsMental health professionals
psychologists · counselors · school principals · doctors · pediatricians · clergy · coaches · dentists
vulnerable populations
Groups disproportionately susceptible to harm
at-risk youth · minors · patients · students · residents · wards · trafficking victims
legal requirement
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- responsibilityState of being answerable
compliance · documentation · timeliness · good faith · immunity · liability · penalties · professional duty · reasonable suspicion · hotline
confidentiality
Quality of protecting secrets
- dutyRequired moral task
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- professionalismWorkplace conduct standards
trustworthiness · moral obligation · transparency · dilemma · privacy · informed consent · professional boundaries · whistleblower · conscience · judgment
teachers
Those who instruct students
- nursesMedical care professionals
- physiciansMedical doctors collectively
- social workersProfessionals helping struggling individuals
therapists · psychologists · counselors · school principals · doctors · pediatricians · clergy · coaches · dentists · police officers
- child lawchild custody, child protection, child welfare, child support, child rights
- child welfarechild protection, child welfare, foster care, child services, foster home
mandatory reportersgeneral public
People as a whole
bystanders · ordinary citizens · laypeople · non-professionals
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