Engineer B Confidentiality-Directed Successor Design Engineer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/126#Engineer_B_Confidentiality-Directed_Successor_Design_Engineer
Definition
Retained by the franchiser to review pending design concerns while Engineer A's contract was still active; directed by the franchiser not to disclose the engagement to Engineer A; chose to disclose the relationship and preliminary review results to Engineer A despite the client's instruction; subsequently retained as the franchiser's full design engineer after Engineer A's contract expired.
Properties
Instance of
Confidentiality-DirectedSuccessorDesignEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Confidentiality-DirectedSuccessorDesignEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer (implied) |
| specialty | Franchise facility design review and design services |
| ethical_action | Voluntarily disclosed engagement to incumbent despite client confidentiality instruction |
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | client |
| target | Franchiser |
| type | peer |
| target | Engineer A Outgoing Incumbent Design Engineer |
| type | successor_to |
| target | Engineer A Outgoing Incumbent Design Engineer |
Role category
provider_client
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Client Direction Does Not Authorize Ethical Violation Invoked Against Franchiser Confidentiality Instruction, Faithful Agent Obligation With in Ethical Limits Invoked By Engineer B Toward Franchiser, Incumbent Engineer Knowledge Requirement Invoked By Engineer B Against Client Instruction, Success or Engineer Post-Review Contract Acceptance Permissibility Invoked By Engineer B
hasObligation
Engineer B Covert Review Client Instruction Resistance, Engineer B Peer Review Notification and Consent Fulfillment, Engineer B Peer Review Notification of Engineer A Despite Client Instruction, Engineer B Preliminary Review Results Disclosure to Engineer A, Engineer B Success or Contract Acceptance After Engineer A Contract Expiration
Source Evidence
Source text
franchiser begins discussions with Engineer B and retains Engineer B to provide immediate review of design concerns
Text references
Engineer B reviews the design information the following week and following his review, notifies Engineer A of his relationship with franchiser and the preliminary results of his review
franchiser begins discussions with Engineer B and retains Engineer B to provide immediate review of design concerns
franchiser retains Engineer B as its design engineer
franchiser specifically tells Engineer B not to disclose to Engineer A, Engineer B's relationship with franchiser
TTL
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case126:Engineer_B_Confidentiality-Directed_Successor_Design_Engineer a proeth:Confidentiality-DirectedSuccessorDesignEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Confidentiality-Directed Successor Design Engineer" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case126:Client_Direction_Does_Not_Authorize_Ethical_Violation_Invoked_Against_Franchiser_Confidentiality_Instruction,
case126:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Invoked_By_Engineer_B_Toward_Franchiser,
case126:Incumbent_Engineer_Knowledge_Requirement_Invoked_By_Engineer_B_Against_Client_Instruction,
case126:Successor_Engineer_Post-Review_Contract_Acceptance_Permissibility_Invoked_By_Engineer_B ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case126:Engineer_B_Covert_Review_Client_Instruction_Resistance,
case126:Engineer_B_Peer_Review_Notification_and_Consent_Fulfillment,
case126:Engineer_B_Peer_Review_Notification_of_Engineer_A_Despite_Client_Instruction,
case126:Engineer_B_Preliminary_Review_Results_Disclosure_to_Engineer_A,
case126:Engineer_B_Successor_Contract_Acceptance_After_Engineer_A_Contract_Expiration ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer (implied)', 'specialty': 'Franchise facility design review and design services', 'ethical_action': 'Voluntarily disclosed engagement to incumbent despite client confidentiality instruction'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Retained by the franchiser to review pending design concerns while Engineer A's contract was still active; directed by the franchiser not to disclose the engagement to Engineer A; chose to disclose the relationship and preliminary review results to Engineer A despite the client's instruction; subsequently retained as the franchiser's full design engineer after Engineer A's contract expired." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T10:10:01.127360+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T10:10:01.127360+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'client', 'target': 'Franchiser'}",
"{'type': 'peer', 'target': 'Engineer A Outgoing Incumbent Design Engineer'}",
"{'type': 'successor_to', 'target': 'Engineer A Outgoing Incumbent Design Engineer'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "provider_client" ;
proeth:roleclass "Confidentiality-Directed Successor Design Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "franchiser begins discussions with Engineer B and retains Engineer B to provide immediate review of design concerns" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B reviews the design information the following week and following his review, notifies Engineer A of his relationship with franchiser and the preliminary results of his review",
"franchiser begins discussions with Engineer B and retains Engineer B to provide immediate review of design concerns",
"franchiser retains Engineer B as its design engineer",
"franchiser specifically tells Engineer B not to disclose to Engineer A, Engineer B's relationship with franchiser" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 126 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T10:31:55.138943"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 126 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
126
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T10:10:01.127360+00:00
First case
126
Generated
2026-03-01T10:10:01.127360+00:00
Attributed to
Case 126 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T10:31:55.138943
Generated by
ProEthica Case 126 Extraction