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Why is it crucial to maintain confidentiality at the workplace?

Why it is crucial to maintain confidentiality at the workplace

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Question added by Khangwelo Mutshidzi
Date Posted: 2016/04/04
Cristina Alcodia
by Cristina Alcodia , Operating Room Staff Nurse , Al seef Hospital

confidentiality gives protection to the person who is affected with the situation. it is crucial because maintaining privacy can give u a lot of trusted patients in return. when the people knows that they can trust u with their issues they will never fade to come back to u to ask for help and assistance.

Heba Saad Youssef Morsi Morsi
by Heba Saad Youssef Morsi Morsi , Personal Assistant to the Director&Financial Advisor , Tarek Nour Holdings

Reasons for maintaining confidentiality are as:   Professionalism To maintain a general degree of professionalism.   Safety Details if revealed, can be misused to cause trouble to you or your organisation.   Security Maintaining confidentiality becomes important for the security of the information that is at your disposal.

Mona Chachati
by Mona Chachati , Administration , National Drilling Company

It is ethically important to keep all information confidential, no one has the right to expose information, in some cases it can be considered as a crime.

Synner Mayocdan
by Synner Mayocdan , Senior English Instructor II , Saudi Japanese Automobile High Institute

Hello!

 

We applied as workers, and so we should stay focused with our jobs, professionally as we must, and ethically as we want others to treat each and everyone at the worplace. Confidentiality is RESPECT at the workplace.

If one wants to maintain professionalism at work, then one must understand there are core unwritten or written respect values we must adhere to, to ease workflow and camaraderie among the staff, from the lowest to the highest position or member. In all, it will add positive growth to the company if all will work respectfully with one another. 

Let us all be respectful, to be respectable workers!

Maricel Samson
by Maricel Samson , Executive Secretary , Golden Sands Hotels Co. (L.L.C

Confidentiality is a very important element since it helps to build and develop trust. As an employee one should sensible enough not to disclose any information which the  company considers sensitive & confidential not unless a permission from the superior is taken.

swati kakran
by swati kakran , Business development Manager , Emicare technical services LLC

Maintaining confidentiality is of paramount important for varied reasons. The client or the customer can file legal suits against the organization if they feel that some secret information regarding them have been revealed by the organization or its employees. This can have negative repercussions on the business's reputation as well. So it becomes very important for the employees as well as the organization to protect information in the workplace.It also makes the company stay ahead of their competitors as their strategy is unknown to them. It maintains a degree of professionalism and increases trust and respect for the company from clients.

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