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Consent, care & safeguarding · Core

Duty of care

ELI5

A responsibility to take reasonable steps to protect participants and workers from foreseeable harm.

Used in conversation

“Let’s explain how the duty of care will work in practice during filming.”

Definition

The production's responsibility to take reasonable steps to protect participants and workers from foreseeable harm.

Here “Duty of care” means: The production's responsibility to take reasonable steps to protect participants and workers from foreseeable harm.

Pitch context

Use this in nonfiction pitches to separate what is known, accessible, ethical and structurally repeatable.

Why it matters: Distinguishes story, access, evidence, format mechanics and participant-care responsibilities.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Connected terms

  • AftercareDuty of care covers responsibilities across participation; aftercare is support provided after filming, broadcast or another consequential stage.
  • Embedded accessLong-term proximity increases care obligations.
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