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| The ethical obligation of professionals to keep confidential all communications made or entrusted to them in confidence. Professionals may be compelled to disclose such confidential communications under court order or other extraordinary conditions, such as when such communications refer to a third party in imminent danger; contrast with privacy right |
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| The socially transmitted behavior patterns, beliefs, and products of work of a particular population, community, or group of people |
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| A body of principles of right, proper, or good conduct; contrast with laws |
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| Permission to proceed with a (typically) diagnostic, evaluative, or therapeutic service on the basis of knowledge about the service and its risks and potential benefits |
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| Rules that individuals must obey because they are deemed to be good for society as a whole; contrast with ethics |
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| Minimum competency testing programs |
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| Formal evaluation program in basic skills such as reading, writing, and arithmetic, designed for use in various aspects of educational decision making ranging from remediation to grade promotions to graduation |
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| The freedom of people to choose the time, circumstances, and extent to which they wish to share or withhold from others personal beliefs, opinions, and behavior; contrast with confidentiality |
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| Data protected by law from disclosure in a legal proceeding; typically, exceptions to privilege are also noted in law; contrast with confidential information |
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| The process wherein an assessee supplies information about him- or herself in forms such as responding to questions, keeping a diary, or reporting on self-monitored thoughts and/or behaviors |
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