The focus of Chapter 6 is Workplace Rights and Responsibilities. The first main section discusses confidentiality and conflicts of interest. Confidentiality is defined as "to keep secret all...

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Extracted text: The focus of Chapter 6 is Workplace Rights and Responsibilities. The first main section discusses confidentiality and conflicts of interest. Confidentiality is defined as "to keep secret all information deemed desirable to keep secret". This labels any information that a client desires to be kept secret for competing against business rivals Information is categorized into varying degrees of protection. The first section discusses the obligation of employees changing jobs to protect confidential information. It emphasizes the difficulty of maintaining confidentiality and discusses several high-profile cases such as the trade secret violations between Volkswagen AG and General Motors. The next section discusses management policies that recognize personal interests and rights of employees as well as the rights of their employers. One such approach is the use of employment contracts to restrict future employment. Another way to tighten control over the intemal flow of information by restricting access to trade secrets. The chapter continues to explain the moral basis of the confidentiality obligation. It justifies it through respect to autonomy, trustworthiness and potential public benefits. It also expresses potential conflicts of interests in other companies and insider information. In certain cases, it is not unethical to pursue conflicts of interest. The second main section revolves around teamwork and rights. It describes an ethical climate as “a working environment that is conducive to morally responsible conduct". It goes on to defining features of an ethical corporate climate. It also discusses loyalty and collegiality. There are two types of loyalty from the perspective of the employer: Agency-loyalty and Attitude-loyalty. The chapter continues by expressing outlines of the central elements of collegiality as respect for colleagues, a shared commitment to inherent moral ideals in one's profession and connectedness. The final section details the relationship between managers and engineers. There is a general framework of authority and also wide variations in how engineers and managers relate to each other. The chapter continues by discussing employee rights such as the right to privacy, the situations where conflicts arise between employers and employees and to equal opportunity and cases such as preventing sexual harassment, nondiscrimination and affirmative action.