DP16
Individual
af340d72
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/126#DP16
Properties
Parent
Decision Point Id
DP16
Decision Question
Should Engineer B notify Engineer A of the new engagement relationship before conducting the peer review (defying the franchiser's confidentiality instruction), after completing the review (as actually occurred), or remain silent entirely — and should that notification include preliminary review findings or be limited to the existence of the engagement?
Focus
Engineer B Notification Timing and Scope: Whether Engineer B should notify Engineer A of the new engagement relationship before, during, or after conducting the peer review, and how much information to disclose, given the franchiser's explicit confidentiality instruction and the Code's peer review notification obligation under Section III.8.a.
Option1
Prior to beginning the design review, inform Engineer A of the new engagement relationship only — disclosing the existence of the successor engagement but withholding preliminary findings — thereby honoring the substantive purpose of Section III.8.a while limiting the scope of the faithful agent violation to the minimum necessary.
Option2
After completing the design review, inform Engineer A of both the new engagement relationship and the preliminary review results, as Engineer B actually did, on the theory that some post-review notification better serves Engineer A's interests than complete silence and partially honors the peer review notification obligation.
Option3
Refuse to accept the franchiser's engagement unless the franchiser permits prior notification to Engineer A, thereby conditioning acceptance on terms that would allow simultaneous compliance with both the faithful agent duty and the peer review notification obligation, and placing responsibility for any resulting delay on the party who imposed the ethically incompatible instruction.
Role Label
Engineer B
TTL
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Ontology
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Individual
Content Hash
af340d72cf6262c4...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
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2026-03-01T10:52:09.304850
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ProEthica Case 126 Extraction