BER 89-7 Engineer Confidentiality-Bound Structural Safety Discovering Engineer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/137#BER_89-7_Engineer_Confidentiality-Bound_Structural_Safety_Discovering_Engineer
Definition
Engineer in BER Case No. 89-7 retained under a confidentiality agreement to assess structural integrity of an occupied apartment building being sold 'as is,' who discovered the building was structurally sound but learned from the client of electrical and mechanical code violations posing injury risk to occupants, mentioned the violations briefly in the report but did not report them to public authorities — determined to be unethical.
Properties
Instance of
Confidentiality-BoundStructuralSafetyDiscoveringEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Confidentiality-BoundStructuralSafetyDiscoveringEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| specialty | Structural engineering (not electrical or mechanical) |
| confidentiality_agreement | Formal confidentiality agreement with client |
| ethical_finding | Unethical — failed to report safety violations to appropriate public authorities |
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | provider |
| target | Building Sale Confidentiality-Imposing Client (BER 89-7) |
| type | public_responsibility |
| target | Building occupants / public authorities |
Role category
public_responsibility
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
an engineer was retained to investigate the structural integrity of a 60-year-old, occupied apartment building
Text references
an engineer was retained to investigate the structural integrity of a 60-year-old, occupied apartment building
he did realize that those deficiencies could cause injury to the occupants of the building and so informed the client
it was unethical for the engineer not to report the safety violations to appropriate public authorities
the engineer did not report the safety violations to any third parties
the structural report written by the engineer was to remain confidential
TTL
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case137:BER_89-7_Engineer_Confidentiality-Bound_Structural_Safety_Discovering_Engineer a proeth:Confidentiality-BoundStructuralSafetyDiscoveringEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "BER 89-7 Engineer Confidentiality-Bound Structural Safety Discovering Engineer" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case137:Confidentiality_Agreement_Non-Supersession_Invoked_in_BER_89-7,
case137:Insistence_on_Client_Remedial_Action_or_Withdrawal_Invoked_in_BER_89-7 ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case137:BER_89-7_Engineer_Brief_Report_Mention_Insufficiency_Safety_Notification,
case137:BER_89-7_Engineer_Client_Safety_Violation_Insistence_or_Withdrawal,
case137:BER_89-7_Engineer_Confidentiality_Non-Override_Structural_Safety,
case137:BER_89-7_Engineer_Passive_Acquiescence_Independent_Ethical_Failure ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'specialty': 'Structural engineering (not electrical or mechanical)', 'confidentiality_agreement': 'Formal confidentiality agreement with client', 'ethical_finding': 'Unethical — failed to report safety violations to appropriate public authorities'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Engineer in BER Case No. 89-7 retained under a confidentiality agreement to assess structural integrity of an occupied apartment building being sold 'as is,' who discovered the building was structurally sound but learned from the client of electrical and mechanical code violations posing injury risk to occupants, mentioned the violations briefly in the report but did not report them to public authorities — determined to be unethical." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "137" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T05:19:15.017843+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "137" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T05:19:15.017843+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'provider', 'target': 'Building Sale Confidentiality-Imposing Client (BER 89-7)'}",
"{'type': 'public_responsibility', 'target': 'Building occupants / public authorities'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "Confidentiality-Bound Structural Safety Discovering Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "an engineer was retained to investigate the structural integrity of a 60-year-old, occupied apartment building" ;
proeth:textreferences "an engineer was retained to investigate the structural integrity of a 60-year-old, occupied apartment building",
"he did realize that those deficiencies could cause injury to the occupants of the building and so informed the client",
"it was unethical for the engineer not to report the safety violations to appropriate public authorities",
"the engineer did not report the safety violations to any third parties",
"the structural report written by the engineer was to remain confidential" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 137 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T05:45:21.953911"^^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
2026-03-01T05:19:15.017843+00:00
First case
137
Generated
2026-03-01T05:19:15.017843+00:00
Attributed to
Case 137 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T05:45:21.953911
Generated by
ProEthica Case 137 Extraction