From the original post: 2008-08-05 13:22:03.0 What does the word 'confidential' mean to you?
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From the original post: 2008-08-05 13:22:03.0 What does the word 'confidential' mean to you?
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Posted: Aug 16, 08 4:16am
Well that depends on the "secret" ..
..sometimes "that secret" is meant to be told to the blabber mouth ..so everybody knows "the secret" ..
..sometimes the "that secret" is meant only to be known between friends and only revealed to "get even"
.. sometimes "that secret" .. is sacred and is never revealed.
But most of the time "that secret" is just not a secredt at all !
Posted: Aug 21, 08 10:36am
I just tell everyone that I can't keep a secret. Saves me a lot of grief.
I've had quite alot of opportunity to ponder my recent policy, and your advice seems to be making alot of sense! You're right. Secrets=grief.
JackieRodzinski
TheInquiringEye
Posted: Aug 21, 08 10:41am
...On the other hand, I believe that in the case of child abuse, secrets are what fuel the abuse and make it tougher to break the cycle. ...
Secrets, especially 'big ones' never seem to be very good, do they? I heard this saying a long time ago...'nothing disinfects like sunlight'. You're right, secrets are the dark places where bad things fester...
JackieRodzinski
TheInquiringEye
Posted: Aug 21, 08 10:47am
...Including my favorite: if you ask for advice, expect to hear my truth, not what you want to hear. I could care less if you take the advice, just be prepared to hear it! If you don't want to hear it, don't ask.
I admire that so much! It takes guts to tell someone what you really think, and furthermore, in doing so, you show a fundemental respect not just for them, but also for yourself,.; When I ask someone a question, I am looking for sincerity, not compliments. I'll bet that you are a really good friend to those around you.
JackieRodzinski
TheInquiringEye
Posted: Aug 21, 08 10:54am
I believe one should be able to face one's accusers, and never have this vague "well, someone reported this or that" veil of anonymity. If they can't tell me to my face or accuse me directly, and come out in the open, then it never happened. There are two sides to "filing a complaint."
I agree. I consider including my name with any complaints I might make, to be a personal ethic, though I sort of understand when others 'feel the need' to file anonymously. But mostly, I just feel sorry for them.
JackieRodzinski
TheInquiringEye
Posted: Aug 21, 08 11:04am
I am the Vice-chair of an Institutional Review Board, the folks charged with protecting the rights of human subjects in medical research. If a study agrees to keep the information provided by a participant confidential, here are some of the reasons which might lead to such information ever being disclosed:
1. To comply with a court order or court-ordered warrant or subpoena.
2. To respond to a legal request for the purposes of identifying or locating a suspect, fugitive, material witness or missing person.
3. To identify or apprehend an individual who has admitted participation in a violent crime.
4. To respond to a request about a victim of a crime if the victim agrees.
5. Child abuse or neglect must be reported.
6. Adult abuse, neglect, or domestic violence may be reported if the individual agrees, or it is required by law.
7. To alert law enforcement to the death or medical emergency of the individual, when there is a suspicion that death resulted from criminal conduct.
8. To prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of an individual or the public.