Self-Advocacy Right Invoked for Engineer A Disclosure Decision
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/146#Self-Advocacy_Right_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Disclosure_Decision
Properties
Instance of
Self-AdvocacyandAuthenticProfessionalIdentityPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Self-AdvocacyandAuthenticProfessionalIdentityPrinciple
Applied to
Engineer A's consideration of whether to disclose autism diagnosis following an autism support conference presentation on self-advocacy
Balancing with
Personal Privacy Right in Professional Self-Disclosure
Prudential Disclosure as Relational Self-Protection
Concrete expression
The Board affirmed that Engineer A has the right to advocate for himself at his sole discretion — meaning the decision to disclose his autism is a matter of personal autonomy and self-determination, not an ethical obligation imposed by the profession
Confidence
0.9
Importance
medium
Interpretation
Self-advocacy and disclosure of personal identity characteristics are matters of personal autonomy; the ethics code neither compels nor prohibits such disclosure — it is the engineer's sovereign choice
Invoked by
Board of Ethical Review (present case)
Tension resolution
Self-advocacy right and privacy right are presented as complementary: the engineer may choose either path (disclosure or non-disclosure) without ethical violation; the choice belongs entirely to the engineer
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A certainly has the right to advocate for himself at his sole discretion.
Text references
Engineer A certainly has the right to advocate for himself at his sole discretion.
the essence of this case is more a personal matter than an ethical matter.
TTL
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case146:Self-Advocacy_Right_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Disclosure_Decision a proeth:Self-AdvocacyandAuthenticProfessionalIdentityPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Self-Advocacy Right Invoked for Engineer A Disclosure Decision" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's consideration of whether to disclose autism diagnosis following an autism support conference presentation on self-advocacy" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Personal Privacy Right in Professional Self-Disclosure",
"Prudential Disclosure as Relational Self-Protection" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The Board affirmed that Engineer A has the right to advocate for himself at his sole discretion — meaning the decision to disclose his autism is a matter of personal autonomy and self-determination, not an ethical obligation imposed by the profession" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
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 "medium" ;
proeth:interpretation "Self-advocacy and disclosure of personal identity characteristics are matters of personal autonomy; the ethics code neither compels nor prohibits such disclosure — it is the engineer's sovereign choice" ;
proeth:invokedby "Board of Ethical Review (present case)" ;
proeth:principleclass "Self-Advocacy and Authentic Professional Identity Principle" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A certainly has the right to advocate for himself at his sole discretion." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Self-advocacy right and privacy right are presented as complementary: the engineer may choose either path (disclosure or non-disclosure) without ethical violation; the choice belongs entirely to the engineer" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A certainly has the right to advocate for himself at his sole discretion.",
"the essence of this case is more a personal matter than an ethical matter." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 146 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T12:23:29.915022"^^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
2026-02-27T12:23:29.915022
Generated by
ProEthica Case 146 Extraction