in schools all over the country is the law allows them to just have a designated person responsible for making the report. so if a child tells somebody on campus that they ve been abused, that employee really isn t allowed to directly call cops or child welfare. officials are supposed to report it to their superior. the law expects the boss, in this case the president of the university, if not one of the two guys who s being prosecuted for nonreporting, had a mandate then to call protective services. the problem is there s no oversight. if they don t do their job, it s lie a tree in the forest problem. do you think these people did not report because they were afraid to lose their job? well, you can. that s an important question you just asked. in lots of jurisdictions, including in pennsylvania, you can be told by your employer that if you do directly report to the police or child welfare authorities, you can be fired because it violates our employment policy. our employment polic