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22. Portia is a legal secretary hired with the understanding that all office information will be confidential. Her boss, a criminal lawyer in a large city, defends a man accused of vicious attacks on several elderly women. In the course of her work, Portia learns that the accused has told her boss that he committed the crimes and feels no remorse. A plea of “not guilty” is being entered, and there is a good chance the man will serve no time for his crimes. What, if anything, should Portia do?
Read problem 22 at the end of Chapter 9 of your e- textbook, p 121. This is about Portia the legal secretary. Approach this as an ethical issue not legal one.
FIRST LEAD DISCUSSION QUESTION: Applying the Deontological ethical approach, what is the right course of action for this legal secretary? Should she mention what she has learned to anyone, or keep quiet? BE SURE TO APPLY THE TWO MAJOR MAXIMS/FORMULATIONS.
