Client Loyalty Invoked to Constrain Engineer B Disclosure
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/126#Client_Loyalty_Invoked_to_Constrain_Engineer_B_Disclosure
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Engineer B's compliance obligation with client's confidentiality instruction regarding Engineer A
Balancing with
Incumbent Engineer Knowledge Requirement in Peer Review
Professional Dignity
Concrete expression
Engineer B's duty of loyalty to the client required respecting the client's explicit instruction not to disclose the review engagement to Engineer A, because the client had a legitimate business interest in controlling the timing and manner of communication about the transition from Engineer A to Engineer B
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Interpretation
Client loyalty in this context required Engineer B to subordinate the peer notification obligation to the client's instruction, given that the client's instruction reflected a legitimate business purpose and Engineer B was not acting from personal advantage in disclosing
Invoked by
Board of Ethical Review
Tension resolution
Client loyalty prevailed over peer notification on these specific facts, with the Board noting that the benefits of disclosure did not outweigh the detriments to the client
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B had an obligation not to notify Engineer A once Engineer B was told by client not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client.
Text references
Engineer B had an obligation not to notify Engineer A once Engineer B was told by client not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client.
we surmise that Engineer B's disclosure of his relationship with client constitutes a neglect of the interests of his client and we believe that on balance that the benefits to be derived by Engineer B's disclosure for all parties involved did not outweigh detriments that may be suffered by the client
TTL
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case126:Client_Loyalty_Invoked_to_Constrain_Engineer_B_Disclosure a proeth:ClientLoyalty,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Client Loyalty Invoked to Constrain Engineer B Disclosure" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer B's compliance obligation with client's confidentiality instruction regarding Engineer A" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Incumbent Engineer Knowledge Requirement in Peer Review",
"Professional Dignity" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer B's duty of loyalty to the client required respecting the client's explicit instruction not to disclose the review engagement to Engineer A, because the client had a legitimate business interest in controlling the timing and manner of communication about the transition from Engineer A to Engineer B" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T10:19:38.255455+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T10:19:38.255455+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Client loyalty in this context required Engineer B to subordinate the peer notification obligation to the client's instruction, given that the client's instruction reflected a legitimate business purpose and Engineer B was not acting from personal advantage in disclosing" ;
proeth:invokedby "Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:principleclass "Client Loyalty" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B had an obligation not to notify Engineer A once Engineer B was told by client not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Client loyalty prevailed over peer notification on these specific facts, with the Board noting that the benefits of disclosure did not outweigh the detriments to the client" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B had an obligation not to notify Engineer A once Engineer B was told by client not to tell Engineer A about Engineer B's relationship with the client.",
"we surmise that Engineer B's disclosure of his relationship with client constitutes a neglect of the interests of his client and we believe that on balance that the benefits to be derived by Engineer B's disclosure for all parties involved did not outweigh detriments that may be suffered by the client" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 126 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T10:31:55.151098"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 126 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
126
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T10:19:38.255455+00:00
First case
126
Generated
2026-03-01T10:19:38.255455+00:00
Attributed to
Case 126 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T10:31:55.151098
Generated by
ProEthica Case 126 Extraction