Engineer Intern A Privacy vs Material Omission Tension
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/130#Engineer_Intern_A_Privacy_vs_Material_Omission_Tension
Properties
Instance of
PrivacyRightvs.MaterialOmissionTensionState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PrivacyRightvs.MaterialOmissionTensionState
Active period
From hiring through Board's ethical analysis
Affected parties
Engineer Intern A
XYZ Consultants
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer Intern A's ethical position regarding non-disclosure of prior exam failures
Terminated by
Board's determination that disclosure was prudent but not ethically required in this case
Triggering event
Engineer Intern A's non-disclosure of two prior PE exam failures to XYZ Consultants at time of hire
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
The ethical question becomes whether Engineer Intern A's failure to disclose could be considered fully 'objective and truthful' or 'omitting a material fact'
Text references
The ethical question becomes whether Engineer Intern A's failure to disclose could be considered fully 'objective and truthful' or 'omitting a material fact'
the facts of this case are finely nuanced, but tip toward the situation identified in Case 97-11
the right to privacy (i.e., nondisclosure) must be balanced by an engineer's corresponding obligation to be 'objective and truthful'
TTL
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case130:Engineer_Intern_A_Privacy_vs_Material_Omission_Tension a proeth:PrivacyRightvs.MaterialOmissionTensionState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer Intern A Privacy vs Material Omission Tension" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From hiring through Board's ethical analysis" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Engineer Intern A",
"XYZ Consultants" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "130" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-26T09:25:29.369957+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "130" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-26T09:25:29.369957+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The ethical question becomes whether Engineer Intern A's failure to disclose could be considered fully 'objective and truthful' or 'omitting a material fact'" ;
proeth:stateclass "Privacy Right vs. Material Omission Tension State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer Intern A's ethical position regarding non-disclosure of prior exam failures" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Board's determination that disclosure was prudent but not ethically required in this case" ;
proeth:textreferences "The ethical question becomes whether Engineer Intern A's failure to disclose could be considered fully 'objective and truthful' or 'omitting a material fact'",
"the facts of this case are finely nuanced, but tip toward the situation identified in Case 97-11",
"the right to privacy (i.e., nondisclosure) must be balanced by an engineer's corresponding obligation to be 'objective and truthful'" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer Intern A's non-disclosure of two prior PE exam failures to XYZ Consultants at time of hire" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 130 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-26T09:45:01.024871"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 130 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
130
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-26T09:25:29.369957+00:00
First case
130
Generated
2026-02-26T09:25:29.369957+00:00
Attributed to
Case 130 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-26T09:45:01.024871
Generated by
ProEthica Case 130 Extraction