Personal Privacy Right Invoked By Engineer A Autism Non-Disclosure
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/146#Personal_Privacy_Right_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Autism_Non-Disclosure
Properties
Instance of
PersonalPrivacyRightinProfessionalSelf-Disclosure
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PersonalPrivacyRightinProfessionalSelf-Disclosure
Applied to
Non-disclosure of autism to current and prior employers
Balancing with
Honesty
Omission Materiality Threshold in Professional Disclosure
Concrete expression
Engineer A's 25-year non-disclosure of his autism diagnosis to employers does not constitute a deceptive act under the NSPE Code because autism is a personal characteristic, not a demonstrated professional qualification deficiency, and Engineer A has not affirmatively misrepresented his condition
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, the personal privacy right establishes that silence on a personal medical/neurodevelopmental condition is not deception when the engineer has demonstrated competent practice; the NSPE Code's prohibition on deceptive acts does not compel disclosure of personal characteristics unrelated to professional qualification deficiency
Invoked by
Engineer A Present Case Disability-Disclosing Licensed Engineer
Tension resolution
Privacy right prevails because autism has not impaired demonstrated competence; non-disclosure does not create a material misrepresentation of professional qualification
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A has kept this fact not only from his current employer (which he has worked for 5 years) but also previous employers.
Text references
Engineer A considered the language in the NSPE Code of Ethics, which requires engineers to 'avoid deceptive acts.'
Engineer A has kept this fact not only from his current employer (which he has worked for 5 years) but also previous employers.
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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case146:Personal_Privacy_Right_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Autism_Non-Disclosure a proeth:PersonalPrivacyRightinProfessionalSelf-Disclosure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Personal Privacy Right Invoked By Engineer A Autism Non-Disclosure" ;
proeth:appliedto "Non-disclosure of autism to current and prior employers" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Honesty",
"Omission Materiality Threshold in Professional Disclosure" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's 25-year non-disclosure of his autism diagnosis to employers does not constitute a deceptive act under the NSPE Code because autism is a personal characteristic, not a demonstrated professional qualification deficiency, and Engineer A has not affirmatively misrepresented his condition" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
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 "In this context, the personal privacy right establishes that silence on a personal medical/neurodevelopmental condition is not deception when the engineer has demonstrated competent practice; the NSPE Code's prohibition on deceptive acts does not compel disclosure of personal characteristics unrelated to professional qualification deficiency" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Present Case Disability-Disclosing Licensed Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Personal Privacy Right in Professional Self-Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A has kept this fact not only from his current employer (which he has worked for 5 years) but also previous employers." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Privacy right prevails because autism has not impaired demonstrated competence; non-disclosure does not create a material misrepresentation of professional qualification" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A considered the language in the NSPE Code of Ethics, which requires engineers to 'avoid deceptive acts.'",
"Engineer A has kept this fact not only from his current employer (which he has worked for 5 years) but also previous employers.",
"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 "2026-02-27T12:23:29.906133"^^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
2026-02-27T12:23:29.906133
Generated by
ProEthica Case 146 Extraction