ETHIC AND SECRECY ON THE CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SECRETARIAT PROFESSIONALS

Abstract

This paper, based on theoretical and field research, aims at showing the importance of preserving confidentiality on a daily basis in the context of an "ethical company”. It reports how this practice besides solidifying the image of the organization can also guarantee the existence of a high level of trust and respect between the participants emphasizing the importance of secretarial professionals in that mission. Besides being a regulated profession, which has a code of ethics with explicit determinations about the importance of confidentiality, secrecy is one of the attributes required for the job. The secretaries are aware and convinced of the necessity of secrecy not only in the exercise of their profession, but in their private lives, considering that private interests should not outweigh the public interest.

Keywords

• Ética
• Empresa ética
• Direito à intimidade
• Sigilo e segredo profissional
• Atividade do profissional de secretariado