Dal Pont discusses a situation in which a lawyer's client tells him that two years ago he committed a crime for which another person was convicted.

Prof. Dal Pont discusses a situation in which a lawyer’s client tells him that two years ago he committed a crime for which another person was convicted. Which of the following is true of this situation? Choose all response that are correct. There may be more than one.

Question 4 options:

a This example illustrates the way in which the ethical duties of professionals can differ from, and perhaps be incompatible with, the duties of those who are not members of the profession.

b Professional ethics prohibits the lawyer from disclosing the information that his client has shared with him to the police because of confidentiality requirements.

c If a lawyer who had no professional relationship to the person in question overheard this guy bragging to friends in a pub about how he committed a crime that another person was convicted of, it would be wrong (other things being equal) for her to withhold this information from the police.

d If you simply overheard this person bragging to friends in a pub about how he committed a crime that another person was convicted of, it would be wrong (other things being equal) to withhold this information from the police.