Keeping information confidential is apparent in most business related environments. For example, teachers should not be speaking about their students out in public. Doctors should not be sharing patient information with another not approved by the patient. Lawyers should not be discussing their client with others not involved in the case. All three of these examples require confidentiality. I feel that Kant 's Categorical Imperative model of ethical decision making is the best way to approach a communications related ethical problem involving confidentiality. If you use Kant 's model when approached with this ethical dilemma due to self-preservation you would not share this information. As a human, we have certain duties we should uphold, understanding confidentiality as being a personal matter that should stay quiet. If you apply Kant 's model you would remain morally correct as you would be acting in a manner that you would be willing to have everyone else act in the same situation. "Right is right and must always be done, regardless of the circumstance" (Ethical Decision,
Keeping information confidential is apparent in most business related environments. For example, teachers should not be speaking about their students out in public. Doctors should not be sharing patient information with another not approved by the patient. Lawyers should not be discussing their client with others not involved in the case. All three of these examples require confidentiality. I feel that Kant 's Categorical Imperative model of ethical decision making is the best way to approach a communications related ethical problem involving confidentiality. If you use Kant 's model when approached with this ethical dilemma due to self-preservation you would not share this information. As a human, we have certain duties we should uphold, understanding confidentiality as being a personal matter that should stay quiet. If you apply Kant 's model you would remain morally correct as you would be acting in a manner that you would be willing to have everyone else act in the same situation. "Right is right and must always be done, regardless of the circumstance" (Ethical Decision,