Public Welfare Paramount Invoked By Engineer A In Structural Defect Discovery
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_In_Structural_Defect_Discovery
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Serious structural defects posing immediate threat to building tenants
Balancing with
Confidentiality Principle
Loyalty
Concrete expression
Engineer A discovers serious structural defects constituting an immediate threat to tenant safety; the paramount public welfare obligation requires disclosure to tenants or proper authorities despite the attorney's confidentiality instruction
Confidence
0.98
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, public welfare paramount requires Engineer A to override the attorney's confidentiality instruction and disclose the imminent structural danger to the tenants or appropriate authorities; the tenants are identifiable persons facing immediate physical harm who have no other means of learning of the danger
Invoked by
Engineer A Current Case Attorney-Directed Confidentiality-Bound Safety-Discovering Engineer
Tension resolution
Public welfare paramount overrides the confidentiality instruction; Engineer A's compliance with the attorney's instruction constitutes a violation of this paramount obligation
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.
TTL
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proeth:appliedto "Serious structural defects posing immediate threat to building tenants" ;
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"Loyalty" ;
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proeth:confidence "0.98" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:56:48.576232+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "In this context, public welfare paramount requires Engineer A to override the attorney's confidentiality instruction and disclose the imminent structural danger to the tenants or appropriate authorities; the tenants are identifiable persons facing immediate physical harm who have no other means of learning of the danger" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Current Case Attorney-Directed Confidentiality-Bound Safety-Discovering Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Public Welfare Paramount" ;
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 "Public welfare paramount overrides the confidentiality instruction; Engineer A's compliance with the attorney's instruction constitutes a violation of this paramount obligation" ;
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." ;
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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
2026-03-01T13:14:37.518532
Generated by
ProEthica Case 136 Extraction