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A patient visits the pharmacy and requests a refill for a prescription drug that is controlled and can only be refilled with a new prescription from the doctor. The patient insists that they will bring the prescription later and needs the medication urgently. The pharmacist refuses to dispense the medication without a valid prescription. Which principle of ethics is the pharmacist upholding?