Confidentiality Non-Applicability To Public Danger Violated In Tenant Safety Case
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_To_Public_Danger_Violated_In_Tenant_Safety_Case
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityNon-ApplicabilitytoPublicDangerDisclosure
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityNon-ApplicabilitytoPublicDangerDisclosure
Applied to
Attorney's confidentiality instruction
Structural defects constituting immediate threat to tenants
Balancing with
Confidentiality Principle
Loyalty
Concrete expression
The attorney's confidentiality instruction is asserted over structural defect findings that constitute an immediate threat to tenant safety; the principle establishes that professional confidentiality does not bar disclosure of apparent public danger, making Engineer A's compliance ethically impermissible
Confidence
0.96
Importance
high
Interpretation
The structural defects discovered by Engineer A constitute an apparent danger to the public (the tenants); confidentiality obligations do not bar disclosure of such danger to proper authorities; Engineer A's compliance with the confidentiality instruction violates this principle
Invoked by
Engineer A Current Case Attorney-Directed Confidentiality-Bound Safety-Discovering Engineer
Tension resolution
Confidentiality non-applicability to public danger means Engineer A must disclose; compliance with attorney instruction is a violation
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A discovers serious structural defects in the building which he believes constitute an immediate threat to the safety of the tenants.
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.
Engineer A is told he must maintain this information as confidential as it is part of a lawsuit.
TTL
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case136:Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_To_Public_Danger_Violated_In_Tenant_Safety_Case a proeth:ConfidentialityNon-ApplicabilitytoPublicDangerDisclosure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Confidentiality Non-Applicability To Public Danger Violated In Tenant Safety Case" ;
proeth:appliedto "Attorney's confidentiality instruction",
"Structural defects constituting immediate threat to tenants" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Confidentiality Principle",
"Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The attorney's confidentiality instruction is asserted over structural defect findings that constitute an immediate threat to tenant safety; the principle establishes that professional confidentiality does not bar disclosure of apparent public danger, making Engineer A's compliance ethically impermissible" ;
proeth:confidence "0.96" ;
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 structural defects discovered by Engineer A constitute an apparent danger to the public (the tenants); confidentiality obligations do not bar disclosure of such danger to proper authorities; Engineer A's compliance with the confidentiality instruction violates this principle" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Current Case Attorney-Directed Confidentiality-Bound Safety-Discovering Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A discovers serious structural defects in the building which he believes constitute an immediate threat to the safety of the tenants." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Confidentiality non-applicability to public danger means Engineer A must disclose; compliance with attorney instruction is a 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.",
"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 "2026-03-01T13:14:37.519070"^^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
2026-03-01T13:14:37.519070
Generated by
ProEthica Case 136 Extraction