...Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect Last updated July 2013 Contents What is mandatory reporting? Who is mandated to make a notification? What types of abuse are mandated reporters required to report? Commonwealth law What protections are given to reporters? About whom can notifications be made? What type of concerns must be reported, and what may be reported? In what cases can child protection and welfare agencies respond? What are the benefits of mandatory reporting requirements? Are there challenges with the introduction of mandatory reporting? Further reading Authors / Acknowledgements Share or comment Email Facebook Twitter Digg reddit del.icio.us StumbleUpon Leave a comment This sheet examines legal provisions requiring specified people to report suspected abuse and neglect to government child protection services in Australia.1 This document is provided as a guide only. Individuals are encouraged to contact the relevant department or organisation to clarify requirements in their states or territories, or in relation to legislation. For more information, see Reporting Abuse and Neglect: State and Territory Departments Responsible for Protecting Children. What is mandatory reporting? Mandatory reporting is a term used to describe the legislative requirement imposed on selected classes of people to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect to government authorities. Parliaments...
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...implements the Texas Cancer Incidence Reporting Act, Health and Safety Code, Chapter 82. This legislation concerns the reporting of cases of cancer for the recognition, prevention, cure or control of those diseases, and to facilitate participation in the national program of cancer registries established by 42 United States Code, §§280e - 280e-4. Nothing in this subchapter shall preempt the authority of facilities or individuals providing diagnostic or treatment services to patients with cancer to maintain their own cancer registries. §91.2. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Act--The Texas Cancer Incidence Reporting Act, Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 82. (2) Branch--Cancer Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch of the department. (3) Cancer--Includes a large group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells; any condition of tumors having the properties of anaplasia, invasion, and metastasis; a cellular tumor the natural course of which is fatal, including intracranial and central nervous system malignant, borderline, and benign tumors as required by the national program of cancer registries; and malignant neoplasm, other than non-melanoma skin cancers such as basal and squamous cell carcinomas. (4) Cancer Reporting Handbook--The branch's manual for cancer reporters that documents reporting procedures and format. (5) Clinical...
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...Case Study # 1 You are a new fourth grade teacher in an elementary school and notice that one of your students consistently comes to school in the morning with dirty clothes, body odor, and suspicious bruises on his arm. According to the ethics code and district faculty policies, what should be your plan of action for addressing this issue? Despite the fact that instructors facilitate children’s education, kids cannot learn efficiently if their responsiveness or dynamism is exhausted by the conflicts inherent in being mistreated. This situation is core or essential to understand that a positive connection with a supportive adult like me, may increase the resiliency of kids who have been neglected, are at-risk for being mistreated, or live...
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...Nicolas ROLLAND Not reporting on observed unethical behaviour is morally wrong. Not using the company's established whistle-blowing procedure to report on sexist/racist/personalized jokes by managers, non-compliant financial or business activities... is wrong. First of all, we all agreed on the fact that in this kind of situations, it is crucial to proceed with caution. Indeed, if everybody in the company learns about an unethical behaviour, it can weaken the working atmosphere in the company as well as the relationships between all the employees. For that reason, the first reaction to have is to communicate directly to the person accused and not to the other employees, in order to keep positive working conditions in the firm. Moreover, denouncing unethical behaviour can be seen as a sign of distrust towards all the colleagues and may weaken your position in the firm. Here the issue is twofold because two behaviours can explain a bad joke: either the person is light-hearted which can be excused, or it’s a real discriminatory behaviour. In this second case, the person has the duty to report this conduct to the administration and the firm has the duty to impose disciplinary measures on this person. To me, there’s a reason why codes of ethics are being increasingly adopted in companies worldwide, that’s why in many situations, denouncing unethical behaviours is legitimate and imposing disciplinary sanctions is a logical consequence for unethical behaviours. Indeed,...
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...elderly. Neglect is the failure of a career to provide the necessities of life to a person for whom they are caring. • Types of elder abuse: Elderly abuse can take many forms, the main ones are: Physical abuse: which is the physical act of violence that commonly includes slapping, hitting, and striking with objects. Psychological abuse: which is defined as an act that is carried out against the elderly adult with the intention of causing emotional pain or injury, and it often accompanies physical abuse. Examples include threats, insults, and statements that humiliate the elderly. Exploitation: which is the most common form of abuse of the elderly, it includes acts of material or financial exploitation, exploitation is the most difficult type of elderly abuse to diagnose as the victim may not be aware of its occurrence or may not know how to seek help. Neglect: which is counted as a form of abuse and is often referred to as failure of a caregiver in meeting the needs of the dependent elderly person. This may be intentional or unintentional neglect. Intentional neglect: is to willfully withhold food or medications or medical care from the elder that needs it. Unintentional neglect could result from ignorance or from genuine inability to provide care. For example, the caregiver may be unable to perform care giving duties such as bathing or changing an incontinent elderly person • The segment of elderly population is growing rapidly in Malaysia. Statistics show...
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...SUBMITTED TO Omar Faruk Assistant Professor Department of Business Administration East West University SUBMITTED BY Students of the Department of Business Administration ID No. Md. Mohiman 2009-1-10-147 Jaheda Sultana 2009-1-10-029 Md. Anamul Haque 2009-2-10-108 Md.Mehedi Hasan 2009-1-10-073 Organizational behavior Course Code: MGT251 Section: 3 East West University 1. Do you believe that whistle-blowing is good for organizations and its members, or is it, as David Stetler believes, often a means to extort financial gains from companies? Whistle blowing means calling attention to wrongdoing that is occurring within an organization. The fact whistle blowers are good/bad for an organization depends on different situations whether a whistle-blowing will have a positive or negative result over the organization. That is it depends on what they're whistling about. If it has intention to get someone trouble then we have to think about the undesirable consequences it might happen for whistle blowing. On the other sense, if it is someone who is angry with the organization for other reasons and blows the whistle solely to cause harm or embarrassment to the company, then they're just a jerk. On the other hand, of it is related to protest against unethical deeds then it is ok. If whistle blowing is a means toward a positive end, then in the long run, we might want to consider it good for the organization as a whole, but...
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...the advances in information technology, most banks in India have migrated to core banking platforms and have moved transactions to payment cards (debit and credit cards) and to electronic channels like ATMs, Internet Banking and Mobile Banking. Fraudsters have also followed customers into this space. RBI had, per se, not defined the term ‘fraud’ in its guidelines on Frauds. A definition of fraud was, however, suggested in the context of electronic banking in the Report of RBI Working Group on Information Security, Electronic Banking, Technology Risk Management and Cyber Frauds, which reads as under:- 'A deliberate act of omission or commission by any person, carried out in the course of a banking transaction or in the books of accounts maintained manually or under computer system in banks, resulting into wrongful gain to any person for a temporary period or otherwise, with or without any monetary loss to the bank’. Statistics quoted in a recent report by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) 2012 titled “Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and Abuse” has estimated that a typical organization loses 5% of its revenues to fraud each year and cumulative annual fraud loss globally during 2011 could have been of the order of more than $3.5 trillion. The amount involved in the frauds reported by the banking sector in India has more than quadrupled from Rs. 2038 crore during 2009-10 to Rs. 8646 crore during 2012-13. Similarly, another report has estimated the losses...
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...ROLE OF MEDIA IN CONDEMNING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Ankita Yadav LL.M.- 2nd Semester Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University Phone No. -9453014362 Email Address- ankita2189yadav@gmail.com INTRODUCTION The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses. - Malcolm X Media is considered fourth pillar of a country thus it has lots of responsibility towards society. Media in a democratic country is considered to be a pedagogue of freedom and making society aware about the realities by reporting. It has to reflect the realities of society and report the truth in order to protect the basic human rights especially of marginalised sections of society like women. In Indian society, woman occupies a vital position but unfortunately venerable place. The Vedas glorified women as the mother, the creator, one who gives life and worshipped her as a ‘Devi’ or Goddess. It can be inferred via a relatively high position occupied by the women in Rig Vedic era, where they were part of the governance institutes like Sabha and Samiti. India's major religion i.e Hinduism portrays women as a representation of power i.e. Shakti in the form of Durga and Kali. From Vedic period onwards to the mid of 19th century, the condition of women kept on deteriorating. They were excluded from education, property and cultural rituals, and their primary...
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...teachers or adult people. The teacher must not wait until the end of the school day, but report immediately by the means of telephone and support it with a written report within the next 36 hours. The teacher takes individual responsibility for the report, so it cannot be done anonymously. Both the telephone and the written report are subjects of certain legal procedures. The telephone report should include detailed information about the person making the report and detailed information about the child, suspected of being a victim of abuse: location, special needs, injury, ect. Afterwards all the details must be repeated by the contact person and approved by the reporting teacher. By no means a teacher should contact the child’s parents and a teacher should not make an investigation. The next step after the telephone report is the written report. A fax report is an interchangeable form of a written report, required by the “Department of Children and Family Services”. The written reports are made through the forms: SS 8572 or SS 8572(2), reporting the fact of child abuse and by the form DOJ 900, which is a medical report. Copies should be made and saved by the reporter for further organizational process. Generally all the forms if needed are provided by the child protective agency. All the information in the forms must be full and as objective as possible. They require detailed information about the life of the child, his needs and other information. A personal opinion of the reporter...
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...Course Outline Programme: International Masters of Business Administration Cohort: 57 Academic Year/Trimester: 2015/2016 Trimester II Course Code and Course Name: INBA 6370 - FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS FOR GLOBAL FIRMS Course Type: Core Level: Year 1 Lecturer: Mr. Andre Taitt Lecturer’s e-mail: andre.taitt@fac.gsb.tt Lecturer’s phone #: 1-868-685-5631 Learning Assurance Officer: Alana Ifill Prerequisite/co-requisite course (s): Introduction to Financial Accounting Workshop Involvement of other institutions for delivery: None 1 1.0 Vision and Mission of the Lok Jack GSB Our purpose is to contribute to the development of the human and institutional capacity required to transform the business landscape and shape our own destiny. Through our comprehensive and integrated programmes and consultancy services, we provide a framework for developing new pathways for achieving sustainable growth and competitiveness The mission of the School is to improve the international competitiveness of people and organisations in the Caribbean through business education, training, consulting and research. 2.0 Quality Statement In today’s organization the non financial manager can no longer avoid financial information. Profit statements, operating budgets, and project analyses are constant part of a manager’s day. The concept of the finance and non financial manager has now become very blurred. The modern manager must have the ability to utilize the appropriate...
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...This form is provided as a sample, may not be suitable for every situation or every company and should not be considered legal advice or legal opinion. There may be state or municipality specific information that would affect your use of this form. You should review applicable law in your jurisdiction and consult experienced counsel for legal advice. If you use this form (either “as is” or by modifying the form), you are responsible for all content. YOU SHOULD REMOVE THIS TEXT BEFORE USING THE FORM IN YOUR WORKPLACE. BACKGROUND CHECK DISCLOSURE AND AUTHORIZATION FORM In the interest of maintaining the safety and security of our customers, employees and property, __________________________ (the “Company”) will order a “consumer report” (a background report) or “investigative consumer report" on you in connection with your employment application, and if you are hired, or if you already work for the Company, may order additional background reports on you for employment purposes. The background check company, ADP Screening and Selection Services, will prepare the background report for the Company. ADP Screening and Selection Services is located at 301 Remington Street, Fort Collins, CO, 80524, and can be reached by phone at 800-367-5933 or at their Internet Web site address www.adpselect.com. The background report may contain information concerning your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, mode of living, and credit standing. The types of information...
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...Ethically Responsible and Irresponsible News Reporting By Michael Rapuano June 01, 2015 COM/450 Ethics and Communication Instructor John Rothfork Ethically Responsible and Irresponsible News Reporting Journalists and publishers have an unspoken ethical responsibility when reporting the news or any topic of interest. The journalists, publishers, television newscasters, and anyone else reporting information to the public should be guided by an internal moral compass that steers them towards the truth. This is to say that their first and foremost commitment needs to be to the reporting the truth from reliable sources (Principles of journalism, 2015). Getting the story out there first should be secondary to the truth and not so much as a main concern but it often is for struggling or rookie journalists. “Scooping” the other reporter helps to get their name out there and become more prominently known while building their reputation. This can sometimes cloud their judgment and reporting skills and allow erroneous information to get by them and become part of their report. Ethically responsible reporting A journalist who acts responsibly is acting in the best interest of the general public. They will research their topic and verify that their sources are credible. The journalist will verify both confidential and publicly known sources to ensure their information is accurate and they are who they say are (Principles of journalism, 2015). There a lot of people in today’s...
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...RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD....................................................................................................................... 3 APPLICATION OF THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT ................................... 8 INTERPRETATION OF THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT ...........................11 100 - GENERAL .................................................................................................................12 101 Compliance with Bylaws, Regulations and Rules ........................................12 102.1 Conviction of Criminal or Similar Offences ..................................................12 102.2 Reporting Disciplinary Suspension or Cancellation of Membership, or Restriction of Right to Practise ....................................................................12 103 False or Misleading Applications .................................................................12 104 Requirement to Co-operate .........................................................................13 105 Intimidation .................................................................................................13 200 - STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AFFECTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST......................14 201.1-4 Maintenance of Reputation of the Profession ..............................................14 Advocacy Services ......................................................................................14 201.5 202.1 Integrity and Due Care...
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...OHIO’S COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS Who must report? Healthcare providers (physicians, hospitals, infection preventionists) with knowledge of a case or suspect case of a disease which is required to be reported Laboratories’ that examine specimens of human origin with evidence of diseases which are required to be reported any individual having knowledge of a person suffering from a disease suspected of being communicable WHAT must be reported? Diseases on Ohio’s ABC list ;=( Section 3- disease list attached to last page) Healthcare providers must report the following: Name of case or suspect case Diagnosis or suspected diagnosis Date of birth of case or suspect case Sex of case or suspect case Telephone number of case or suspect case Street address, including city, state and zip code of case or suspect case Supplementary surveillance information as outlined in Section 3 for the specific disease being reported Healthcare provider name, telephone number and street address (including city, state and zip code) WHEN must a report be made? Class A disease – immediately by phone Class B disease – by the end of the next business day Class C disease – by the end of the next business day WHERE the report must be made? Healthcare providers To the local health jurisdiction in which the case or suspected case resides (unless otherwise noted in Section 3) if residence is unknown, report to the local health jurisdiction in which the...
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...The Ethics of Earnings Management: The Case of Income Smoothing James Gaa University of Alberta May 2007 Information Asymmetry In Most Situations, People Do Not Have the Same Information Management Inevitably Has Information that Would be Useful to Investors – and other Stakeholders In Financial Reporting: Information Asymmetry Follows Immediately from the Separation of Ownership and Management May 2007 The Ethics of Earnings Management 2 1 Corporate Transparency (OECD) “The Corporate Governance Framework Should Ensure that Timely and Accurate Disclosure is made on All Material Matters regarding the Corporation, Including the Financial Situation, Performance, Ownership, and Governance of the Company.” OECD, ”Corporate Governance Principles: 2004” May 2007 The Ethics of Earnings Management 3 Corporate Secrecy (OECD) “Disclosure Requirements are Not Expected to Place Unreasonable Administrative or Cost Burdens on Enterprises. Nor are Companies Expected to Disclose Information that May Endanger their Competitive Position Unless Disclosure is Necessary to Fully Inform the Investment Decision and to Avoid Misleading the Investor” OECD, ”Corporate Governance Principles: 2004” May 2007 The Ethics of Earnings Management 4 2 Corporate Secrecy Corporations Have Secrets Some are Legitimate Corporations Should be Able to Keep them secret Trade Secrets Other Proprietary Information Some are Not Legitimate ...
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