1. Based on ordinary moral considerations:
I. Respect for autonomy:
– Recognizing the legitimate control over private information (individuals or corporations).
– This control is required to maintain their privacy and protect their self-interest.
| II. | – | Respect for Promise: Respecting promises in terms of employment contracts not to divulge certain |
| information considered sensitive by the employer | ||
| III. | – | Regard for public wellbeing: Only when there is a confidence that the physician will not reveal information, |
| – | The patient will have the trust to confide in him. Similarly only when companies maintain some degree of confidentiality | |
| concerning their products, the benefits of competitiveness within a free market | ||
| Are promoted. |
2. Based on Major Ethical Theories:
– All theories profess that employers have moral and institutional rights to decide what information about their organization should be released publicly.
– They acquire these rights as part of their responsibility to protect the interest of the organization.
– All the theories, rights ethics, duty ethics and utilitarianism justify this confidentiality but in different ways.
