Confidentiality Non-Applicability Invoked By Engineer A Disclosure To County Official
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/132#Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Disclosure_To_County_Official
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityNon-ApplicabilitytoPublicDangerDisclosure
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityNon-ApplicabilitytoPublicDangerDisclosure
Applied to
Disclosure of structural hazard to county building official
Balancing with
Client confidentiality
Faithful agent obligation
Concrete expression
Engineer A's disclosure of the structural instability to the county building official was not barred by client confidentiality obligations, because the disclosure served the public welfare purpose of the ethics code and did not constitute disclosure of protected confidential business information
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Interpretation
Client confidentiality did not bar Engineer A from notifying the county building official of the structural hazard; the public danger exception to confidentiality applies because the disclosure was to a regulatory authority for public protection purposes
Invoked by
Engineer A Forensic Building Investigation Engineer
Tension resolution
Public danger disclosure exception overrides client confidentiality; Engineer A correctly disclosed the structural hazard to the county building official without requiring client consent
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A immediately advises Client B and calls the county building official
Text references
Although not imminent, collapse of the building is a danger, Engineer A believes
Engineer A immediately advises Client B and calls the county building official
TTL
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case132:Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Disclosure_To_County_Official a proeth:ConfidentialityNon-ApplicabilitytoPublicDangerDisclosure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Confidentiality Non-Applicability Invoked By Engineer A Disclosure To County Official" ;
proeth:appliedto "Disclosure of structural hazard to county building official" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client confidentiality",
"Faithful agent obligation" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's disclosure of the structural instability to the county building official was not barred by client confidentiality obligations, because the disclosure served the public welfare purpose of the ethics code and did not constitute disclosure of protected confidential business information" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "132" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T17:58:09.612528+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "132" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T17:58:09.612528+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Client confidentiality did not bar Engineer A from notifying the county building official of the structural hazard; the public danger exception to confidentiality applies because the disclosure was to a regulatory authority for public protection purposes" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Forensic Building Investigation Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A immediately advises Client B and calls the county building official" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Public danger disclosure exception overrides client confidentiality; Engineer A correctly disclosed the structural hazard to the county building official without requiring client consent" ;
proeth:textreferences "Although not imminent, collapse of the building is a danger, Engineer A believes",
"Engineer A immediately advises Client B and calls the county building official" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 132 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T18:17:34.021702"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 132 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
132
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T17:58:09.612528+00:00
First case
132
Generated
2026-02-27T17:58:09.612528+00:00
Attributed to
Case 132 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T18:17:34.021702
Generated by
ProEthica Case 132 Extraction