Charlie,

I'd be interested in the direction of your concern.  For example (1) if I am
a records practitioner, you're right, there's an amount of judgment would be
exercised.  Records practitioners have all kinds of backgrounds.  Hopefully
those who are pursuing their profession with integrity will exercise it with
care.  No guarantees.  Or (2) if I own my own company and pursued business
with good choices, then there could still be some concern that an employee
might misjudge something and cause undue hardship.  And (3) if I own a
business and can recall transactions of whatever kind that had something
about them or how they were managed which was, in fact, questionable, then
there would be an additional stress as an owner that the business itself
might not be able to control custody of at least copies of its records and
the sense might be that a disclosure of that lack of control in the form of
correspondence or records could be damaging.  

For example 1, I'm glad we have professional guidelines and have
organizations like ARMA, AIIM an ICRM to promote them and professionalism.

For example 2, it's possible, but hopefully not likely and in the end if
things were done right, it shouldn't cause undue hardship.  

For example 3, the damage was done by the employer's action, not the removal
of a copy and disclosure of company information.

The presence of a copied record is just more formal, and likely more
legitimate seeming evidence.  Testimony or responses in a deposition could
turn over the same issue, but might or might not have the same legitimacy.
So while associates may not make a copy of something, their testimony could
raise the same issue.

Just some thoughts on it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of charlie sodano
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:29 PM
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Subject: Re: Records Management Ethics

Thanks Lorinda for the posting and your comments.  I guess if you are a
records manager for the mob, it's pretty clear about ethics as well as
morals.  The rest of us are is a different compartment, making this judgment
a lot more difficult.  Should we leak records from a bank, insurance
company, drug company, utility because we believe they are conducting
unethical or immoral practices?  Who will be the judge?  It's not black and
white.

Charlie Sodano
CEO
eOrganizedWorld
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Below are excerpts from ARMA International's Code of Professional
Responsibility and ICRM's Code of Ethics.
The #2 Social principle is to place the legal, ethical, and moral use of
information ahead of everything except creating, maintaining and using
authentic, reliable and usable information.

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