Omission Materiality Threshold Applied To Autism Non-Disclosure
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/146#Omission_Materiality_Threshold_Applied_To_Autism_Non-Disclosure
Properties
Instance of
OmissionMaterialityThresholdinProfessionalDisclosure
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#OmissionMaterialityThresholdinProfessionalDisclosure
Applied to
Autism diagnosis non-disclosure in employment context
Balancing with
Honesty
Personal Privacy Right in Professional Self-Disclosure
Concrete expression
Engineer A's non-disclosure of his autism falls below the materiality threshold for an ethically obligatory disclosure because his 25-year record of successful professional practice demonstrates that the condition has not impaired his professional qualification, and therefore the omission would not have materially affected employer hiring decisions based on professional competence
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
Materiality is assessed against demonstrated professional qualification; where an engineer has practiced successfully for 25 years across multiple employers, a personal neurodevelopmental condition that has not manifested as a competence deficiency is not material to professional qualification assessment
Invoked by
Engineer A Present Case Disability-Disclosing Licensed Engineer
Tension resolution
Non-disclosure is ethically permissible because the omission is non-material to professional qualification; employer curiosity or potential bias does not elevate a non-material fact to a material one
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A has practiced professional engineering successfully for 25 years for multiple employers.
Text references
Engineer A considered the language in the NSPE Code of Ethics, which requires engineers to 'avoid deceptive acts.'
Engineer A, a professional engineer licensed in four states, specializes in air pollution control and air emissions permitting and has practiced professional engineering successfully for 25 years for multiple employers.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Omission Materiality Threshold Applied To Autism Non-Disclosure" ;
proeth:appliedto "Autism diagnosis non-disclosure in employment context" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Honesty",
"Personal Privacy Right in Professional Self-Disclosure" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's non-disclosure of his autism falls below the materiality threshold for an ethically obligatory disclosure because his 25-year record of successful professional practice demonstrates that the condition has not impaired his professional qualification, and therefore the omission would not have materially affected employer hiring decisions based on professional competence" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "146" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T12:12:59.907210+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "146" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T12:12:59.907210+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Materiality is assessed against demonstrated professional qualification; where an engineer has practiced successfully for 25 years across multiple employers, a personal neurodevelopmental condition that has not manifested as a competence deficiency is not material to professional qualification assessment" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Present Case Disability-Disclosing Licensed Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Omission Materiality Threshold in Professional Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A has practiced professional engineering successfully for 25 years for multiple employers." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Non-disclosure is ethically permissible because the omission is non-material to professional qualification; employer curiosity or potential bias does not elevate a non-material fact to a material one" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A considered the language in the NSPE Code of Ethics, which requires engineers to 'avoid deceptive acts.'",
"Engineer A, a professional engineer licensed in four states, specializes in air pollution control and air emissions permitting and has practiced professional engineering successfully for 25 years for multiple employers." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 146 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T12:23:29.920464"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 146 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
146
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T12:12:59.907210+00:00
First case
146
Generated
2026-02-27T12:12:59.907210+00:00
Attributed to
Case 146 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T12:23:29.920464
Generated by
ProEthica Case 146 Extraction