2. CONFEDINTIALITY
• Chaplains must learn to think in terms of:
– Personal Confidences
– Agency Confidences
• Remember:
– Confidentiality belongs to the Employee/ Agency
– Confidentiality is the Chaplain’s to protect
3. Confidentiality
Exceptions
• Threat to the Client’s Life (Suicidal)
– Suicidal Ideation
– Concise Plan
• Threat to another’s Life (Homicidal)
– Supervisor
– Spouse
– Child
4. Confidentiality
Exceptions (contd.)
• Threat to the larger Community
– Agency Workplace
– National Security
• Remember: Confidentiality belongs to the Client/
Agency and is the Chaplain’s to Protect it.
5. Confidentiality:
Areas of Concern
• The Chaplain must be concerned about
protecting information in the following areas,
– Person-to-Person
– Agency/Organization
–Media
