Current Case Engineer A Confidentiality Scope Limitation Public Danger Disclosure

@prefix case136: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case136:Current_Case_Engineer_A_Confidentiality_Scope_Limitation_Public_Danger_Disclosure a proeth:ConfidentialityScopeLimitationforPublicDangerDisclosureObligation, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Current Case Engineer A Confidentiality Scope Limitation Public Danger Disclosure" ; proeth-core:competesWith case136:Current_Case_Engineer_A_Attorney-Directed_Confidentiality_Non-Override_Imminent_Tenant_Safety ; proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case136:Confidential_Safety_Information_Held_by_Engineer_A, <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Current_Case:_Ethical_Dilemma_—_Safety_Disclosure_vs._Client_Confidentiality> ; proeth:casecontext "Current case: Engineer A's confidentiality obligation to the attorney is asserted over structural defect findings constituting an immediate threat to tenant safety; the Board concludes that confidentiality does not bar disclosure of public danger findings." ; proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ; proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ; proeth:confidence "0.9" ; proeth:derivedFromPrinciple <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_—_Imminent_Structural_Danger_to_Tenants> ; proeth:discoveredincase "136" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:06:01.020008+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "136" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:06:01.020008+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (current case)" ; proeth:obligationclass "Confidentiality Scope Limitation for Public Danger Disclosure Obligation" ; proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the professional confidentiality obligation owed to the attorney does not extend to bar disclosure of structural defect findings that constitute an immediate public danger, because confidentiality protects clients' technical processes and business affairs — not findings that bear on imminent public safety — and the paramount public welfare obligation requires communication of those findings to appropriate parties." ; proeth:sourcetext "in cases where the public health and safety is endangered, engineers not only have the right but also the ethical responsibility to reveal such facts to the proper persons." ; proeth:temporalscope "Upon discovery of the imminent structural danger and receipt of the attorney's confidentiality instruction" ; proeth:textreferences "Engineer A, having become aware of the imminent danger to the structure, had an obligation to make absolutely certain that the tenants and public authorities were made immediately aware of the dangers that existed.", "Section II.1.c. makes a clear exception concerning the obligation of engineers not to reveal facts obtained in a professional capacity without the client's consent.", "in cases where the public health and safety is endangered, engineers not only have the right but also the ethical responsibility to reveal such facts to the proper persons." ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 136 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:14:37.529470"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 136 Extraction" .