The Treatment of Privacy in Professional Codes of Ethics: An International Survey

Francis, Mary

doi:10.1086/714320

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Analysis and Discussion: The Exercise Of Professional Secrecy1

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“…ignore) intellectual freedom as a fundamental principle. Francis (2021: 318), for example, in a study of 70 professional codes of ethics (five in Latin America), highlights differences in relation to the codes of other countries, and points out that ‘[p]rivacy is an almost universally acknowledged right within English-language library associations’ codes of ethics’.…”

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Analysis of professional secrecy in Ibero-America: Ethical and legal perspectives

Estrada-Cuzcano

Alfaro-Mendives

2021

IFLA Journal

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Eight Ibero-American political constitutions that include professional secrecy (confidentiality) as a constitutional guarantee are analysed, and their influence as a fundamental right in the professional practice of librarians is examined. The impact of professional secrecy is established in professional codes of ethics, and it is shown that they do not clearly express this principle; its application in trade unions has limited effectiveness. The various difficulties involved in preserving professional secrecy in library practice, which work centres try to violate, are shown.

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