While preaching
the Sunday sermon, our parish priest gave a vivid example of how a young mother
taught her ten year old son, a lasting lesson on keeping secrets.
He said
“Shirley was Beth’s neighbor and her best friend. Animatedly, over a cup of tea, at Beth’s
house she poured out the problems she was facing with her young daughter. As
she left, she asked Beth to keep what she told her a secret, as it would affect
her relationship with her daughter, if she or others came to know.
Later, Beth
realized that here ten year old son had overheard the entire conversation. She
called him and said “Ryan, if Shirley had to leave her purse in our house
today, would we give it to anyone or only to her”. Ryan replied, “Only to her
mama”. Then Shirley said, “Today, she left something even more valuable when
she shared her problems with me. We do not have the right to share them with
anyone”.
In this simple way she
taught her child the meaning of confidentiality.
In a similar
way, we as employees share an equal, or greater, responsibility to protect
corporate and customer personal data. Organizations, like individuals, have
their own set of confidential and personal customer data to safeguard against
loss, or theft by competitors and criminals. Companies need to keep secrets to
protect business interests and keep certain decisions confidential, safeguard
new product development, ensure customer data privacy and keep design secrets under
wraps as long as needed
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