Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.

“Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.” is a core task performed by Interpreters and Translators. Among the occupation's 17 rated tasks, workers place it 17th by importance (#1 most important). About 98% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties. in Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Maintain safety or security. in Performing General Physical Activities

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.009% share of AI-use records mapped to this task

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible. · importance 4.7
• Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary. · importance 4.5
• Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material. · importance 4.5
• Adapt translations to students' cognitive and grade levels, collaborating with educational team members as necessary. · importance 4.4
• Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy. · importance 4.4
• Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions. · importance 4.3
• Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors. · importance 4.3
• Check original texts or confer with authors to ensure that translations retain the content, meaning, and feeling of the original material. · importance 4.3
• Compile information on content and context of information to be translated and on intended audience. · importance 4.2
• Adapt software and accompanying technical documents to another language and culture. · importance 4.2
• Educate students, parents, staff, and teachers about the roles and functions of educational interpreters. · importance 4.0
• Proofread, edit, and revise translated materials. · importance 3.9
• Train and supervise other translators or interpreters. · importance 3.8
• Read written materials, such as legal documents, scientific works, or news reports, and rewrite material into specified languages. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Interpreters and Translators page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-9326,
  title  = {Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-9326}
}