Current Case Engineer A Section II.1.c. Exception Clause Activation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Current_Case_Engineer_A_Section_II.1.c._Exception_Clause_Activation
Properties
Instance of
PublicSafetyCodeExceptionClauseActivationDisclosureObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PublicSafetyCodeExceptionClauseActivationDisclosureObligation
Case context
Current case: Engineer A discovers imminent structural danger while retained under attorney-directed confidentiality; Section II.1.c. provides an explicit exception to the general confidentiality prohibition that Engineer A was obligated to invoke.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (current case)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize and invoke the Section II.1.c. exception clause of the NSPE Code, which permits and requires disclosure of information obtained in a professional capacity when public health and safety is endangered, as the affirmative basis for disclosing the imminent structural danger to tenants and public authorities notwithstanding the attorney's confidentiality instruction.
Temporal scope
Upon discovery of the imminent structural danger and receipt of the attorney's confidentiality instruction
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Code Exception Clause Activation — Section II.1.c. Public Safety Exception
Source Evidence
Source text
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.
Text references
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.
That exception allows the disclosure of such information in cases authorized by the Code or required by law.
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.
TTL
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case136:Current_Case_Engineer_A_Section_II.1.c._Exception_Clause_Activation a proeth:PublicSafetyCodeExceptionClauseActivationDisclosureObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Current Case Engineer A Section II.1.c. Exception Clause Activation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case136:Engineer_A_Confidentiality_Non-Override_Imminent_Structural_Safety_Compliance_Failure ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case136:Engineer_A_Confidentiality_Non-Override_Imminent_Structural_Safety_Compliance_Failure ;
proeth:casecontext "Current case: Engineer A discovers imminent structural danger while retained under attorney-directed confidentiality; Section II.1.c. provides an explicit exception to the general confidentiality prohibition that Engineer A was obligated to invoke." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
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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 "Public Safety Code Exception Clause Activation Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize and invoke the Section II.1.c. exception clause of the NSPE Code, which permits and requires disclosure of information obtained in a professional capacity when public health and safety is endangered, as the affirmative basis for disclosing the imminent structural danger to tenants and public authorities notwithstanding the attorney's confidentiality instruction." ;
proeth:sourcetext "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." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon discovery of the imminent structural danger and receipt of the attorney's confidentiality instruction" ;
proeth:textreferences "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.",
"That exception allows the disclosure of such information in cases authorized by the Code or required by law.",
"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 "2026-03-01T13:14:37.528567"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 136 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
136
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:06:01.020008+00:00
First case
136
Generated
2026-03-01T13:06:01.020008+00:00
Attributed to
Case 136 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:14:37.528567
Generated by
ProEthica Case 136 Extraction