Client_Confidentiality_Public_Safety_Balancing_Framework_Instance
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/100#Client_Confidentiality_Public_Safety_Balancing_Framework_Instance
Properties
Instance of
ClientConfidentialityvs.PublicSafetyBalancingFramework
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClientConfidentialityvs.PublicSafetyBalancingFramework
Confidence
0.93
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review through accumulated case law
Document title
Client Confidentiality vs. Public Safety Balancing Framework
Importance
high
Used by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review in evaluating Engineer A's conduct
Used in context
Central deliberative framework used to weigh engineer's duty of confidentiality to client against paramount obligation to protect public health and safety; applied through multi-factor analysis distinguishing source of information, existence of confidentiality agreement, imminence of harm, and degree of certainty of defect
Version
As applied in BER deliberation
Source Evidence
Source text
the facts presented in the case raised a conflict between two basic ethical obligations of an engineer: The obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client and not to disclose confidential information... and the obligation of the engineer to hold paramount the public health and safety.
Text references
Looking at the facts and circumstances in their totality, the Board is convinced that Engineer A acted reasonably under the circumstances by properly balancing the obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client...
the facts presented in the case raised a conflict between two basic ethical obligations of an engineer: The obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client and not to disclose confidential information... and the obligation of the engineer to hold paramount the public health and safety.
TTL
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case100:Client_Confidentiality_Public_Safety_Balancing_Framework_Instance a proeth:ClientConfidentialityvs.PublicSafetyBalancingFramework,
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proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:documenttitle "Client Confidentiality vs. Public Safety Balancing Framework" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:23:12.118675+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "100" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:23:12.118675+00:00" ;
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proeth:resourceclass "Client Confidentiality vs. Public Safety Balancing Framework" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the facts presented in the case raised a conflict between two basic ethical obligations of an engineer: The obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client and not to disclose confidential information... and the obligation of the engineer to hold paramount the public health and safety." ;
proeth:textreferences "Looking at the facts and circumstances in their totality, the Board is convinced that Engineer A acted reasonably under the circumstances by properly balancing the obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client...",
"the facts presented in the case raised a conflict between two basic ethical obligations of an engineer: The obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client and not to disclose confidential information... and the obligation of the engineer to hold paramount the public health and safety." ;
proeth:usedby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review in evaluating Engineer A's conduct" ;
proeth:usedincontext "Central deliberative framework used to weigh engineer's duty of confidentiality to client against paramount obligation to protect public health and safety; applied through multi-factor analysis distinguishing source of information, existence of confidentiality agreement, imminence of harm, and degree of certainty of defect" ;
proeth:version "As applied in BER deliberation" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 100 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:56.172918"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 100 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
100
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:23:12.118675+00:00
First case
100
Generated
2026-03-01T08:23:12.118675+00:00
Attributed to
Case 100 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:56.172918
Generated by
ProEthica Case 100 Extraction