Incumbent Engineer Knowledge Requirement Invoked By Engineer B Against Client Instruction
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/126#Incumbent_Engineer_Knowledge_Requirement_Invoked_By_Engineer_B_Against_Client_Instruction
Properties
Instance of
IncumbentEngineerKnowledgeRequirementinPeerReview
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#IncumbentEngineerKnowledgeRequirementinPeerReview
Applied to
Engineer B's review of Engineer A's pending design concerns for franchise facilities
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Confidentiality Principle
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Despite the franchiser's explicit instruction not to disclose the review engagement to Engineer A, Engineer B notified Engineer A of the engagement and the preliminary results of the review, fulfilling the professional obligation that an incumbent engineer must have knowledge of a review of their active work
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
The incumbent engineer's right to know their work is under review is a professional dignity and collegial ethics obligation that survives client instructions to the contrary; Engineer B correctly prioritized this professional obligation over the client's confidentiality instruction
Invoked by
Engineer B Confidentiality-Directed Successor Design Engineer
Tension resolution
Engineer B resolved the tension by complying with the professional obligation to notify Engineer A, overriding the client's instruction; the NSPE Board found this conduct ethical
Source Evidence
Source text
franchiser specifically tells Engineer B not to disclose to Engineer A, Engineer B's relationship with franchiser. Nevertheless, 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.
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 specifically tells Engineer B not to disclose to Engineer A, Engineer B's relationship with franchiser
TTL
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case126:Incumbent_Engineer_Knowledge_Requirement_Invoked_By_Engineer_B_Against_Client_Instruction a proeth:IncumbentEngineerKnowledgeRequirementinPeerReview,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Incumbent Engineer Knowledge Requirement Invoked By Engineer B Against Client Instruction" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer B's review of Engineer A's pending design concerns for franchise facilities" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Confidentiality Principle",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Despite the franchiser's explicit instruction not to disclose the review engagement to Engineer A, Engineer B notified Engineer A of the engagement and the preliminary results of the review, fulfilling the professional obligation that an incumbent engineer must have knowledge of a review of their active work" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T10:13:13.349757+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "126" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T10:13:13.349757+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The incumbent engineer's right to know their work is under review is a professional dignity and collegial ethics obligation that survives client instructions to the contrary; Engineer B correctly prioritized this professional obligation over the client's confidentiality instruction" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer B Confidentiality-Directed Successor Design Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Incumbent Engineer Knowledge Requirement in Peer Review" ;
proeth:sourcetext "franchiser specifically tells Engineer B not to disclose to Engineer A, Engineer B's relationship with franchiser. Nevertheless, 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." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Engineer B resolved the tension by complying with the professional obligation to notify Engineer A, overriding the client's instruction; the NSPE Board found this conduct ethical" ;
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 specifically tells Engineer B not to disclose to Engineer A, Engineer B's relationship with franchiser" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 126 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T10:31:55.143636"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 126 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
126
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T10:13:13.349757+00:00
First case
126
Generated
2026-03-01T10:13:13.349757+00:00
Attributed to
Case 126 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T10:31:55.143636
Generated by
ProEthica Case 126 Extraction