Pending Competence Complaint Disclosure Obligation Invoked in Engineer A Case

@prefix case147: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/147#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case147:Pending_Competence_Complaint_Disclosure_Obligation_Invoked_in_Engineer_A_Case a proeth:PendingCompetenceComplaintDisclosureObligationInvokedInEngineerACase, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Pending Competence Complaint Disclosure Obligation Invoked in Engineer A Case" ; proeth:appliedto "CPM scheduling and design services for manufacturing facility", "Client B Manufacturing Facility Design Client" ; proeth:balancingwith "Allegation-Adjudication Distinction in Disclosure Obligation", "Personal Privacy Right in Professional Self-Disclosure" ; proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ; proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's obligation to disclose to Client B the existence of a pending ethics complaint alleging incompetence for services materially similar to those being actively rendered to Client B — because the complaint directly bears on Client B's ability to make an informed decision about continued retention." ; proeth:confidence "0.85" ; proeth:discoveredincase "147" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T07:37:51.889344+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "147" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T07:37:51.889344+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:interpretation "The similarity between the services for which incompetence was alleged (Client C's project) and those currently being rendered (Client B's manufacturing facility design and CPM scheduling) elevates the materiality of the complaint to Client B's decision-making, triggering an affirmative disclosure obligation beyond what the Allegation-Adjudication Distinction alone would require." ; proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Ethics Complaint Non-Disclosing Engineer" ; proeth:principleclass "Pending Competence Complaint Disclosure Obligation to Current Client" ; proeth:sourcetext "the state board of professional engineers contacts Engineer A regarding an ethics complaint filed against Engineer A by Client C relating to services provided on a project for Client C that are similar to the services being performed for Client B." ; proeth:tensionresolution "The service-similarity factor tips the balance toward disclosure: when the alleged incompetence concerns the same professional domain as current services, the client's right to informed decision-making outweighs the engineer's interest in non-disclosure of unproven allegations." ; proeth:textreferences "Client C alleges that Engineer A lacked the competence to perform the services in question", "Engineer A does not believe it is necessary to notify Client B of the pending complaint", "Engineer A should have brought the matter to Client B's attention", "the state board of professional engineers contacts Engineer A regarding an ethics complaint filed against Engineer A by Client C relating to services provided on a project for Client C that are similar to the services being performed for Client B" ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 147 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T07:56:55.830716"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 147 Extraction" .