Not all Sexual Abuse Prevention Best Practices are Equally “Best”
Amongst abused terms, “best practices” is more abused than most. At one end of the spectrum, best practices are practices that are accepted or prescribed…
Ten-Step Guide
Preventing sexual abuse and misconduct (SAM) has always been a priority for everyone working with children. But SAM is rising and the costs of failing to…
If we keep managing SAM risk in the same flawed way, how can we expect children to be safer?
This Washington Post article describes a newly released NWSL report that finds “misconduct at the majority” of soccer clubs. The report is difficult to read…
What is a safe environment, and how safe should it be?
A “safe environment” is one of those frustrating terms that everyone thinks they understand but, ask five people what they think it means, and you…
“Child sexual abuse is preventable” Really?
I attended the ePlace Solutions SAVES Conference yesterday hosted by Randy Krause. SAVES is billed as “a symposium devoted to educating the insurance community and…
Insurance is not a substitute for risk management
The insurance industry has done a really good job of convincing its customers that it is an alternative to risk management, rather than being just…
The BOK Risk Management System – BRM
Every child and vulnerable adult should be as well-protected from sexual abuse and misconduct (SAM) as possible, yet SAM is increasing. The costs of SAM…
Sexual Abuse and Misconduct (SAM) Risk: Three Reasons to Supplement a Compliance Approach
If you are using the most common approach to managing sexual abuse and misconduct (SAM) risk, you should consider changing what you are doing. …
Sexual Abuse Risk Management Conventional Wisdom Must Change
The conventional wisdom is that large organizations tend to manage risk far, far better than small organizations. Though there is good reason for this…
To prevent sexual abuse, we need new and better practices, not more of what isn’t working
Today’s article in The Hill – Why aren’t we treating child sexual abuse like the crisis it is? – expresses understandable frustration with how child…