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CLOISONNEMENT ETHIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2026-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations
  • Ethics and Morals
  • Law (various)
DEF

A process that consists in implementing an information barrier to prevent conflicts of interest.

OBS

Chinese wall: This designation is considered culturally insensitive by some authors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion
  • Éthique et Morale
  • Droit (divers)
DEF

Procédé qui consiste à cloisonner l'information afin de prévenir tout conflit d'intérêts.

OBS

muraille de Chine : Cette désignation provient de l'anglais «Chinese wall», un terme considéré comme insensible sur le plan culturel selon certains auteurs.

OBS

cloison étanche : désignation publiée au Journal officiel de la République française le 5 juin 2014.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones de la gestión
  • Ética y Moral
  • Derecho (diversos)
DEF

Principio teórico por el que la información confidencial que obtiene un departamento de un cliente no puede ser transmitida ni siquiera a otro departamento de la misma empresa.

OBS

muralla china: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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