律师,作为一个特殊的职业,因为其执业活动的需要,会在与当事人的沟通中得知更多的秘密。对于当事人的隐私与商业秘密,我国《律师法》第38条已经将其纳入律师保密义务的范畴,法律规定对其进行保护。而针对其知悉未被司法机关得知的当事人的犯罪事实,律师是否应该举报,则引发了关于律师职业道德与社会公 Lawyer, as a special profession, knows more secrets in his communication with the client because of the need of his practice. As to the privacy and commercial secrets of the parties concerned, Article 38 of the Lawyers Law in our country has incorporated them into the confidentiality obligations of lawyers, and the law provides for them to be protected. However, whether or not a lawyer should report his knowledge of the criminal facts of parties not known to the judicial authorities raises questions about lawyers’ professional ethics and social conduct