Attorney-Directed Confidentiality Non-Override Violated By Engineer A Compliance
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Attorney-Directed_Confidentiality_Non-Override_Violated_By_Engineer_A_Compliance
Properties
Instance of
Attorney-DirectedConfidentialityNon-OverrideofImminentStructuralSafetyDisclosure
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Attorney-DirectedConfidentialityNon-OverrideofImminentStructuralSafetyDisclosure
Applied to
Attorney's confidentiality instruction regarding structural defect findings
Imminent structural danger to building tenants
Balancing with
Confidentiality Principle
Loyalty
Concrete expression
Engineer A is instructed by the owner's attorney to maintain confidentiality over discovered structural defects; Engineer A complies; this compliance violates the principle that attorney-directed confidentiality cannot override the engineer's imminent safety disclosure obligation
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Interpretation
The attorney's instruction attempts to invoke attorney-client confidentiality to suppress Engineer A's safety findings; this principle establishes that such an instruction cannot legally or ethically bind the engineer when the findings constitute an immediate threat to building occupants
Invoked by
Engineer A Current Case Attorney-Directed Confidentiality-Bound Safety-Discovering Engineer
Tension resolution
Attorney-directed confidentiality does not override the imminent safety disclosure obligation; Engineer A's compliance is an ethical violation
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is told he must maintain this information as confidential as it is part of a lawsuit. Engineer A complys with the request of the attorney.
Text references
Engineer A complys with the request of the attorney.
Engineer A discovers serious structural defects in the building which he believes constitute an immediate threat to the safety of the tenants.
Upon reporting the findings to the attorney, Engineer A is told he must maintain this information as confidential as it is part of a lawsuit.
TTL
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case136:Attorney-Directed_Confidentiality_Non-Override_Violated_By_Engineer_A_Compliance a proeth:Attorney-DirectedConfidentialityNon-OverrideofImminentStructuralSafetyDisclosure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Attorney-Directed Confidentiality Non-Override Violated By Engineer A Compliance" ;
proeth:appliedto "Attorney's confidentiality instruction regarding structural defect findings",
"Imminent structural danger to building tenants" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Confidentiality Principle",
"Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A is instructed by the owner's attorney to maintain confidentiality over discovered structural defects; Engineer A complies; this compliance violates the principle that attorney-directed confidentiality cannot override the engineer's imminent safety disclosure obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:56:48.576232+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:56:48.576232+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The attorney's instruction attempts to invoke attorney-client confidentiality to suppress Engineer A's safety findings; this principle establishes that such an instruction cannot legally or ethically bind the engineer when the findings constitute an immediate threat to building occupants" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Current Case Attorney-Directed Confidentiality-Bound Safety-Discovering Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Attorney-Directed Confidentiality Non-Override of Imminent Structural Safety Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is told he must maintain this information as confidential as it is part of a lawsuit. Engineer A complys with the request of the attorney." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Attorney-directed confidentiality does not override the imminent safety disclosure obligation; Engineer A's compliance is an ethical violation" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A complys with the request of the attorney.",
"Engineer A discovers serious structural defects in the building which he believes constitute an immediate threat to the safety of the tenants.",
"Upon reporting the findings to the attorney, Engineer A is told he must maintain this information as confidential as it is part of a lawsuit." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 136 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:14:37.518908"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 136 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
136
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:56:48.576232+00:00
First case
136
Generated
2026-03-01T12:56:48.576232+00:00
Attributed to
Case 136 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:14:37.518908
Generated by
ProEthica Case 136 Extraction