Engineer A BER 19-1 Medical Condition Non-Disclosure Privacy Protection
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/130#Engineer_A_BER_19-1_Medical_Condition_Non-Disclosure_Privacy_Protection
Properties
Instance of
AllegationNon-CompelledDisclosurePrivacyProtectionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#AllegationNon-CompelledDisclosurePrivacyProtectionObligation
Case context
Engineer A failed to disclose a medical condition (autism/Asperger's Syndrome) to a prospective employer out of fear of discrimination. The Board found that Engineer A had a personal right to privacy and that non-disclosure was ethically permissible.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (BER 19-1)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was not ethically compelled to disclose his autism/Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis to a prospective employer, as the NSPE Code of Ethics does not compel such disclosure and Engineer A retained a personal right to privacy regarding his medical condition.
Temporal scope
During pre-employment interactions with the prospective employer
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Autism Non-Disclosure Privacy State
derivedFromPrinciple
Personal Privacy Right Invoked in BER 19-1 Autism Disclosure Analysis
Source Evidence
Source text
In BER Case 19-1, Engineer A failed to disclose a medical condition from fear of discrimination by the employer. The engineer did not lie, falsify statements, compromise the highest standards of honesty or integrity, or misrepresent his qualifications prior to his obtaining employment, but he stopped short of pointing out that he had autism, more specifically, Asperger's Syndrome.
Text references
In BER Case 19-1, Engineer A failed to disclose a medical condition from fear of discrimination by the employer. The engineer did not lie, falsify statements, compromise the highest standards of honesty or integrity, or misrepresent his qualifications prior to his obtaining employment, but he stopped short of pointing out that he had autism, more specifically, Asperger's Syndrome.
The Board found that although Engineer A was free to disclose his autism, the NSPE Code of Ethics does not compel disclosure. In that case, the Board found that Engineer A had a personal right to privacy.
TTL
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proeth-core:competesWith case130:Engineer_Intern_A_Material_Omission_Privacy_Balance_Assessment ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case130:Engineer_A_Autism_Non-Disclosure_Privacy_State ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case130:Engineer_Intern_A_Pre-Interview_PE_Exam_Attempt_Non-Disclosure ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A failed to disclose a medical condition (autism/Asperger's Syndrome) to a prospective employer out of fear of discrimination. The Board found that Engineer A had a personal right to privacy and that non-disclosure was ethically permissible." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case130:Personal_Privacy_Right_Invoked_in_BER_19-1_Autism_Disclosure_Analysis ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (BER 19-1)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Allegation Non-Compelled Disclosure Privacy Protection Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was not ethically compelled to disclose his autism/Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis to a prospective employer, as the NSPE Code of Ethics does not compel such disclosure and Engineer A retained a personal right to privacy regarding his medical condition." ;
proeth:sourcetext "In BER Case 19-1, Engineer A failed to disclose a medical condition from fear of discrimination by the employer. The engineer did not lie, falsify statements, compromise the highest standards of honesty or integrity, or misrepresent his qualifications prior to his obtaining employment, but he stopped short of pointing out that he had autism, more specifically, Asperger's Syndrome." ;
proeth:temporalscope "During pre-employment interactions with the prospective employer" ;
proeth:textreferences "In BER Case 19-1, Engineer A failed to disclose a medical condition from fear of discrimination by the employer. The engineer did not lie, falsify statements, compromise the highest standards of honesty or integrity, or misrepresent his qualifications prior to his obtaining employment, but he stopped short of pointing out that he had autism, more specifically, Asperger's Syndrome.",
"The Board found that although Engineer A was free to disclose his autism, the NSPE Code of Ethics does not compel disclosure. In that case, the Board found that Engineer A had a personal right to privacy." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
130
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-26T09:36:25.340131+00:00
First case
130
Generated
2026-02-26T09:36:25.340131+00:00
Attributed to
Case 130 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-26T09:45:01.257350
Generated by
ProEthica Case 130 Extraction