CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication · Legal Aspects of Business Communication
Which practice is most consistent with protecting privacy when a manager discusses a sensitive HR matter?
The manager should hold the discussion in a private setting with only the people concerned. This limits sensitive HR information to those who need it. Open canteens, company-wide chats and mass forwarding expose the matter to people without any need to know, harming privacy.
- ADiscussing it in an open-plan canteen
- BPosting it on the company-wide group chat
- CHolding the discussion in a private setting with only the persons concernedCorrect
- DForwarding it to all department heads for awareness
Explanation
Privacy is protected by limiting information to those who need to know and using a private setting. The canteen, group chat and mass forwarding expose the matter to people with no need to know.
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