Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure Bridge Wall Defect
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/100#Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_to_Public_Danger_Disclosure_Bridge_Wall_Defect
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityNon-ApplicabilitytoPublicDangerDisclosure
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityNon-ApplicabilitytoPublicDangerDisclosure
Applied to
Sub-consultant confidentiality relationship
Wall defect finding on public bridge
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Loyalty
Concrete expression
Any confidentiality expectation arising from Engineer A's sub-consultant relationship with VWX or the public agency does not bar Engineer A from disclosing the wall defect finding to appropriate public authorities, because the finding relates to a public danger — a structural defect linked to a fatal accident on a public bridge.
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Interpretation
Professional confidentiality does not protect suppression of public safety findings on public infrastructure; Engineer A may and must disclose to appropriate authorities regardless of any implied confidentiality in the sub-consultant relationship.
Invoked by
Engineer A Bridge Sub-Consultant Inspector
Public Agency Bridge Overhaul Client
Tension resolution
Confidentiality yields to public danger disclosure obligation; no confidentiality interest in a public bridge's structural safety can override the duty to disclose a fatality-linked defect.
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A does not report this information to any other public agency or authority.
Text references
Engineer A does not report this information to any other public agency or authority.
asks Engineer A not to include this additional information in his final report since it was not part of his scope of work
TTL
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case100:Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_to_Public_Danger_Disclosure_Bridge_Wall_Defect a proeth:ConfidentialityNon-ApplicabilitytoPublicDangerDisclosure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure Bridge Wall Defect" ;
proeth:appliedto "Sub-consultant confidentiality relationship",
"Wall defect finding on public bridge" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Any confidentiality expectation arising from Engineer A's sub-consultant relationship with VWX or the public agency does not bar Engineer A from disclosing the wall defect finding to appropriate public authorities, because the finding relates to a public danger — a structural defect linked to a fatal accident on a public bridge." ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "100" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:27:00.186564+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "100" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:27:00.186564+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Professional confidentiality does not protect suppression of public safety findings on public infrastructure; Engineer A may and must disclose to appropriate authorities regardless of any implied confidentiality in the sub-consultant relationship." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Bridge Sub-Consultant Inspector",
"Public Agency Bridge Overhaul Client" ;
proeth:principleclass "Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A does not report this information to any other public agency or authority." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Confidentiality yields to public danger disclosure obligation; no confidentiality interest in a public bridge's structural safety can override the duty to disclose a fatality-linked defect." ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A does not report this information to any other public agency or authority.",
"asks Engineer A not to include this additional information in his final report since it was not part of his scope of work" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 100 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:56.179663"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 100 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
100
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:27:00.186564+00:00
First case
100
Generated
2026-03-01T08:27:00.186564+00:00
Attributed to
Case 100 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:56.179663
Generated by
ProEthica Case 100 Extraction