Gwen Sullivan's 'In Contempt'

An employee should uphold the confidentiality of information assigned to them by the company and its customers, except when revelation of such information is authorized or required by applicable laws, rules or regulations. “Confidential information” includes all records, non-public information related to the company and its business, customers, or vendors that come to an employee in the course of carrying out the employee’s duties and that can be value to competitors or damaging to the company or its business if revealed.

How I would explain the difference between privacy, confidentiality, and privileged communication to a client.

The theme of this paper is, the discrimination in courtrooms. The reason for this theme is because, once you listen to the 3rd stanza of this poem you can tell what it is and how the system is in operation to imprison African Americans, and it will never change. The paper will focus on these few topics, a corrupt law system, bias judges and perjury from peers. As a matter of fact, in the poem “Mystery of Iniquity” the writer Lauryn Hill examines discrimination in courtrooms to illustrate, a corrupt law system, bias judges, and perjury.

Confidentiality means keeping information given by or about an individual in the course of a professional relationship secure and safe from others. There are eight principals of good practice and anyone processing personal information must comply with them.

Within the health and social care setting there are numerous peices of legislation and codes of practice designed to protect individuals.These are there to protect from breaches of confidentiality were the information held on that individual is only viewed by staff directly involved in their care.

Although sometimes constraints make it impossible to choose a perfect setting, it is important to, where possible, consider privacy. Privacy is one of the keys to good communication, as the client is likely to be disclosing information of a confidential and sensitive nature (Argyle 1998).

First is the privacy rule, which is meant to guard the confidentiality of all protected health information. This is defined as any information that includes the patient’s name or other identifiers, such as a birth date or medical record number. Protected health information can be data that is written, spoken, or in electronic form. The privacy rule came about because many healthcare workers have been far too willing to talk casually about their patients without thinking how this violates their confidentiality, The Final Rule modifies the Privacy Rule to extend direct liability for disclosures of PHI by business associates. However, the rule does not subject

* Confidentiality – the steps that are taken when people’s information is not kept confidential and on a need to know basis

All of the staff need to make sure that confidentiality is paramount. Staff have to read and understand the Data Protection Act of 1998. We have to make sure that we are clear about our standards of conduct, that we are expected to meet. We are encouraged to use the codes of conduct to maintain our own practice

It is also ensured that the information cannot be accessed and read by those who do not need to be involved. Furthermore, confidentiality is considered as important as is means that the worker will gain support and trust by the person who has given them the information. Also it is important because people may not feel valued and may lack in self-esteem if their private information were to be shared with others. Also, it is important to keep the information safe because it could mean the clients safety could be put at risk if the information becomes public knowledge.

When it comes to confidentiality there are rules that one has to follow in order to abide by the person’s rights. Using caution when talking to others about the client who want to obtain information that they are not at liberty to have. An example of this would be someone claiming to be a patient’s friend wanting a room number in the hospital to go visit them. Confidentiality is a very delicate situation in the practicing field of professionals.

Health care professionals are subject to a multitude of professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities which call for personal judgment to be utilized in such a manner as to protect clients as well as public wellness and interests. Overall considerations in handling such duties may be considered to be respect of a client’s autonomy, confidence, and recognition of obligations owed to all clients. While the aforementioned acts fall within the professional realm, there are also legal implications that guide care. Therefore, it can be said that ethical considerations occur in observation of legal responsibilities. Confidential information is perceived as private facts which are disclosed with the

EMPLOYEE will perform services for Palace Home Health Care which may require us to disclose confidential and proprietary information ("Confidential Information") to EMPLOYEE. (Confidential Information is any information of any kind, nature, or description concerning any matters affecting or relating to Employee's services for Palace Home Health Care, the business or operations of Palace Home Health Care, and/or the products, drawings, plans, processes, or other data of Palace Home Health Care). Accordingly, to protect the Confidential Information that will be disclosed to

Workers should respect clients’ right to privacy. Workers should not seek private information from clients unless it is crucial to providing services or conducting work evaluation or research.

Creating programs to ensure proper storage, maintenance and releasing information is consistent according to the guidelines of the state, and federal laws. A manager must maintain good customer services as well as protecting patient confidentiality and privacy. Also, it is the responsibilities of the manager to train the staff and educated them about the organization policies and procedures regarding privacy and confidentiality of the patient information.