Bok, Sissela

Secrets on the ethics of concealment and revelation Sissela Bok - New York Pantheon Books c1982 - xviii, 332 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes index

Contents: Approaches to secrecy -- Secrecy and moral choice -- Coming to experience secrecy and openness -- Secret societies -- Secrecy and self-deception -- Confessions -- Gossip -- Secrecy, power, and accountability -- The limits of confidentiality -- Trade and corporate secrecy -- Secrecy and competition in science -- Secrets of state -- Military secrets -- Whistleblowing and leaking -- Intrusive social science research -- Investigative journalism -- Undercover police operations -- Conclusion.

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Secrecy--Moral and ethical aspects

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