One item caught my eye:
>>There are also cases where I find a report to be alarming and would like to take action, but the person reporting does not want it known that they spoke up. In these cases, sometimes there’s very little that can be done without breaking their confidentiality.
Yikes. That would not meet reporting standards at most organizations I've been a part of. There are a lot of hard lessons behind requiring mandatory investigation of credible claims.
If you don't respect the desired confidentiality, you'll get fewer people confiding with you.
There are similar practices regarding rape - victims can seek e.g. securing the biological evidence without automatically triggering a criminal investigation. The logic being that this (critical) step should be as risk-free / barrier-free as possible.
> There are a lot of hard lessons behind requiring mandatory investigation of credible claims.
Worth keeping in mind that companies are always primarily trying to cover their backs and these policies often reflect that.
>> There are a lot of hard lessons behind requiring mandatory investigation of credible claims.
>Worth keeping in mind that companies are always primarily trying to cover their backs and these policies often reflect that.
Your comment was a fair one when it comes to corporations, but I was thinking of churches and community groups more like EA than corporations. Bad actors thrive in secrecy, particularly when they can use their power to create repercussions for people reporting bad acts, creating a culture of silence. Mandatory investigation is one of the few effective ways to resolve that. That's why it's the policy and/or law in many circumstances.
If my group had the same policy as EA, I would be very uncomfortable with it.
One item caught my eye: >>There are also cases where I find a report to be alarming and would like to take action, but the person reporting does not want it known that they spoke up. In these cases, sometimes there’s very little that can be done without breaking their confidentiality.
Yikes. That would not meet reporting standards at most organizations I've been a part of. There are a lot of hard lessons behind requiring mandatory investigation of credible claims.