Question:What are the requirements of confidentiality?

What are the requirements of confidentiality?

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What are the requirements covering the security and confidentiali...?

It all depends on the type of company, but all companies should have policies and procedures covering confidentiality. Legislation that covers it are data protection act, consumer protection act and in some cases human rights act. Organizat...

Are there any special requirements regarding the ERM-14 (Confiden...?

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Do Jehovah's Witnesses violate professional confidences of their fellow members?

Q: it is reported this has happened. Your literature seems to endorse telling church leaders about religious improprieties discovered during confidential medical or legal consultations.*** Watchtower 9/1/1987 pages 14-15 "A Time to Speak"-When? ***Thinking Ahead Employers have a right to expect that their Christian employees will ‘exhibit good fidelity to the full,’ including observing rules on confidentiality. (Titus 2:9, 10) If an oath is taken, it should not be taken lightly. An oath makes a promise more solemn and binding. (Psalm 24:4) And where the law reinforces a requirement on confidentiality, the matter becomes still more serious. Hence, before a Christian takes an oath or puts himself under a confidentiality restriction, whether in connection with employment or otherwise, it would be wise to determine to the extent possible what problems this may produce because of any conflict with Bible requirements. How will one handle matters if a brother or a sister becomes a client?(continued)Thus an understanding is required in advance that if serious wrongdoing comes to light, the wrongdoer would be encouraged to go to the elders in his congregation about the matter. It would be understood that if he did not do so, the counselor would feel an obligation to go to the elders himself. There may be occasions when a faithful servant of God is motivated by his personal convictions, based on his knowledge of God’s Word, to strain or even breach the requirements of confidentiality because of the superior demands of divine law. Courage and discretion would be needed. The objective would not be to spy on another’s freedom but to help erring ones and to keep the Christian congregation clean. Minor transgressions due to sin should be overlooked.(continued)Here, “love covers a multitude of sins,” and we should forgive “up to seventy-seven times.” (Matthew 18:21, 22) This is the “time to keep quiet.” But when there is an attempt to conceal major sins, this may be the “time to speak.” - endMuhammed, maybe that's the subject of a question all on its own? I don't see how it relates to what's presented here.Foxtrot, it's your literature. you explain it to the readers, if you can.Bill. LOL. struck a nerve, huh?I think it's everyone's business who is considering becoming a Jehovah's Witness. are you telling them these things are required of them, things that would voilate their conscience, and the law? Besides, it's your belief, you should be proud of it and own it.Ishvarlan, your employer is bound by the patient/doctor, client/lawyer confidentiality clause, or you've signed an NDA, then you are bounded by law to hold those confidences, there is no exemption for your Church matters. By your admission, you put your employer at great legal and personal risk by telling his clients you couldn't keep their secrets. Did your employer sanction this? I doubt it. Since this is a problem for Witnesses, they should not accept employment that requires this of them, since they're bound by their church to violate the confidentiality rules their employer operates under. I'm aghast for your employer.Ishvarlan, I apologize that I directed that to you as though you had committed this offense. However, nothing excuses those who violate their employers' trust by putting them in legal and personal liability. I say it again, if JWs cannot abide by these rules, then they should not accept employment that'd put them in this situation. What if the JW employee ran across a chart or deposition, nothing was ever -told- to them personally, but now that they knew, they felt compelled to tell their religious leaders? Again, I feel sorry for the employer who will surely be sued. I'm sure if they knew they would think twice about their hiring decision.

A: I have the entire 'Watchtower' article to hand and it is deeply disturbing. It starts off with an imaginary character, Mary, a medical assistant, who has agreed to a legally binding employee obligation to maintain patient confidentiality. Then she learns that a JW woman has paid a bill for an abortion. She decides to speak to this 'sister' in the faith to encourage her to confess this sin to JW elders. The imaginary scenario ends with this sister being 'restored' by the 'help' of the elders. Then comes the bits you quoted.It is what is NOT said in this article that needs pointing out. A JW medical secretary, nurse, or even a porter in a hospital, could find out that another JW has consented to receiving blood products that are currently frowned upon by JW leadership. Perhaps even a whole blood transfusion might have been given to the JW, willingly. This article gives JWs the green light to violate patient confidentiality by 'reporting' them to the elders. (That was a viable option in the 'Mary' case.) Let it also be known that smoking tobacco is also a potential disfellowhipping 'crime', on a par with those other 'sins'. Whatever the Governing Body of the JWs deems to be a serious sin will cause JWs to think they can challenge fellow JWs or report them to the elders, irrespective of any legal agreement they have entered into with their employers to maintain client confidentiality. Emplolyers need to know about this. The Police and Legal counsel also needs to know. Thank you for raising this important ethical issue.