It’s always Civil and/or Criminal, but the distinctions between the two worlds shouldn’t ever negate an individual’s inalienable right to remain silent.
However, to elaborate upon your point: say an individual worked under a specific contract, and it was the individual’s duty to manage specified information or a specified inventory or a specific task — that individual could be COMPELLED, by his own contract, to speak upon what should be substantive details, except, that doesn’t mean the individual MUST speak, and if the individual doesn’t speak, the civil matter may escalate into a criminal matter.
Any individual may choose to stay silent and accept the consequences which come their way. Perhaps, it’s not always wise to stay silent, but that doesn’t mean an individual doesn’t have the right to remain silent.
It’s always Civil and/or Criminal, but the distinctions between the two worlds shouldn’t ever negate an individual’s inalienable right to remain silent.
However, to elaborate upon your point: say an individual worked under a specific contract, and it was the individual’s duty to manage specified information or a specified inventory or a specific task — that individual could be COMPELLED, by his own contract, to speak upon what should be substantive details, except, that doesn’t mean the individual MUST speak, and if the individual doesn’t speak, the civil matter may escalate into a criminal matter.
Any individual may choose to stay silent and accept the consequences which come their way. Perhaps, it’s not always wise to stay silent, but that doesn’t mean an individual doesn’t have the right to remain silent.