Mary Beth Armstrong | Confidentiality: A Comparison across the Professions of Medicine, Engineering, and Accounting
Armstrong first looks at general criteria for understanding the justification for confidentiality and the types of duties considered important in enforcing this ethical principle, and then focuses on specific issues in the evolution of these three professions. Key issues are the development of law around instances in which confidentiality must be breached and recent change from keeping the confidence of clients and employers to the revealing information in the public interest.
-Confidentiality in the engineering profession evolved over the last century from a primary duty to clients and employers to a higher duty to

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Mary Beth Armstrong | Confidentiality: A Comparison across the Professions of Medicine, Engineering, and Accounting 
Armstrong first looks at general criteria for understanding the justification for confidentiality and the types of duties considered important in enforcing this ethical principle, and then focuses on specific issues in the evolution of these three professions. Key issues are the development of law around instances in which confidentiality must be breached and recent change from keeping the confidence of clients and employers to the revealing information in the public interest.
-Confidentiality in the engineering profession evolved over the last century from a primary duty to clients and employers to a higher duty to

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Confidentiality in the engineering profession has evolved to prioritize the public's safety, health, and welfare over the interests of clients and employers.

Mary Beth Armstrong | Confidentiality: a Comparison Across the Professions