Personal Privacy Right Invoked for Engineer A Autism Non-Disclosure
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/146#Personal_Privacy_Right_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Autism_Non-Disclosure
Properties
Instance of
PersonalPrivacyRightinProfessionalSelf-Disclosure
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PersonalPrivacyRightinProfessionalSelf-Disclosure
Applied to
Engineer A's non-disclosure of autism (Asperger's Syndrome) to current and prior employers and clients
Balancing with
Ethics Code Deception Provision Scope Limitation
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Honesty
Concrete expression
Engineer A retains a personal right to privacy with respect to his autism diagnosis and is not ethically required to disclose it to his employer or clients, because the condition is a personal matter protected by the ADA that does not impair his demonstrated professional competence
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
The personal privacy right encompasses ADA-protected medical conditions that are unrelated to professional competence deficiency; the ethics code does not override legally protected privacy rights in this domain
Invoked by
Board of Ethical Review (present case)
Tension resolution
Privacy right prevails because the undisclosed fact is personal, ADA-protected, and has no demonstrated impact on professional competence — the ethics code's deception provision does not reach this category of non-disclosure
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A has a personal right to privacy and, for whatever reason, the right to not communicate aspects of his condition that do not appear to affect his ability to practice engineering.
Text references
Engineer A has a personal right to privacy and, for whatever reason, the right to not communicate aspects of his condition that do not appear to affect his ability to practice engineering.
Engineer A's condition is clearly protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
the essence of this case is more a personal matter than an ethical matter.
TTL
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case146:Personal_Privacy_Right_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Autism_Non-Disclosure a proeth:PersonalPrivacyRightinProfessionalSelf-Disclosure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Personal Privacy Right Invoked for Engineer A Autism Non-Disclosure" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's non-disclosure of autism (Asperger's Syndrome) to current and prior employers and clients" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Ethics Code Deception Provision Scope Limitation",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Honesty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A retains a personal right to privacy with respect to his autism diagnosis and is not ethically required to disclose it to his employer or clients, because the condition is a personal matter protected by the ADA that does not impair his demonstrated professional competence" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "146" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T12:18:23.302560+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "146" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T12:18:23.302560+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The personal privacy right encompasses ADA-protected medical conditions that are unrelated to professional competence deficiency; the ethics code does not override legally protected privacy rights in this domain" ;
proeth:invokedby "Board of Ethical Review (present case)" ;
proeth:principleclass "Personal Privacy Right in Professional Self-Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A has a personal right to privacy and, for whatever reason, the right to not communicate aspects of his condition that do not appear to affect his ability to practice engineering." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Privacy right prevails because the undisclosed fact is personal, ADA-protected, and has no demonstrated impact on professional competence — the ethics code's deception provision does not reach this category of non-disclosure" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A has a personal right to privacy and, for whatever reason, the right to not communicate aspects of his condition that do not appear to affect his ability to practice engineering.",
"Engineer A's condition is clearly protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).",
"the essence of this case is more a personal matter than an ethical matter." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 146 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T12:23:29.914724"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 146 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
146
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T12:18:23.302560+00:00
First case
146
Generated
2026-02-27T12:18:23.302560+00:00
Attributed to
Case 146 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T12:23:29.914724
Generated by
ProEthica Case 146 Extraction