BER 89-7 Confidentiality Agreement Suppressing Occupant Safety Report
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/137#BER_89-7_Confidentiality_Agreement_Suppressing_Occupant_Safety_Report
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityInstructionSuppressingSafetyReportState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityInstructionSuppressingSafetyReportState
Active period
From the client's disclosure of code violations through the engineer's decision not to report to third parties
Affected parties
Building occupants
Client/building owner
Engineer
Prospective purchaser
Public authorities
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer's contractual confidentiality obligation suppressing disclosure of code-violating electrical and mechanical deficiencies in occupied apartment building being sold 'as is'
Terminated by
Board determination that the engineer was obligated to report to appropriate public authorities
Triggering event
Client's disclosure of electrical and mechanical code violations combined with the pre-existing confidentiality agreement and 'as is' sale condition
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
Under the terms of the agreement with the client, the structural report written by the engineer was to remain confidential
Text references
Under the terms of the agreement with the client, the structural report written by the engineer was to remain confidential
it was unethical for the engineer not to report the safety violations to appropriate public authorities
the client was not planning to take any remedial action to repair or renovate any system within the building
the engineer did not report the safety violations to any third parties
TTL
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case137:BER_89-7_Confidentiality_Agreement_Suppressing_Occupant_Safety_Report a proeth:ConfidentialityInstructionSuppressingSafetyReportState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "BER 89-7 Confidentiality Agreement Suppressing Occupant Safety Report" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From the client's disclosure of code violations through the engineer's decision not to report to third parties" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Building occupants",
"Client/building owner",
"Engineer",
"Prospective purchaser",
"Public authorities" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "137" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T05:18:54.177556+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "137" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T05:18:54.177556+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Under the terms of the agreement with the client, the structural report written by the engineer was to remain confidential" ;
proeth:stateclass "Confidentiality Instruction Suppressing Safety Report State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer's contractual confidentiality obligation suppressing disclosure of code-violating electrical and mechanical deficiencies in occupied apartment building being sold 'as is'" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Board determination that the engineer was obligated to report to appropriate public authorities" ;
proeth:textreferences "Under the terms of the agreement with the client, the structural report written by the engineer was to remain confidential",
"it was unethical for the engineer not to report the safety violations to appropriate public authorities",
"the client was not planning to take any remedial action to repair or renovate any system within the building",
"the engineer did not report the safety violations to any third parties" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Client's disclosure of electrical and mechanical code violations combined with the pre-existing confidentiality agreement and 'as is' sale condition" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 137 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T05:45:21.951651"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 137 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
137
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T05:18:54.177556+00:00
First case
137
Generated
2026-03-01T05:18:54.177556+00:00
Attributed to
Case 137 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T05:45:21.951651
Generated by
ProEthica Case 137 Extraction