Privacy Right vs. Material Omission Tension in Engineer A's Complaint Disclosure
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/147#Privacy_Right_vs._Material_Omission_Tension_in_Engineer_As_Complaint_Disclosure
Properties
Instance of
PrivacyRightvs.MaterialOmissionTensionState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PrivacyRightvs.MaterialOmissionTensionState
Active period
From the filing of the complaint through Engineer A's decision about disclosure to Client B
Affected parties
Client B
Engineer A
Confidence
0.94
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's tension between the right not to disclose a potentially false and damaging allegation versus the duty to be truthful and avoid material omissions with Client B
Terminated by
Engineer A's decision to disclose or not disclose, or resolution of the complaint
Triggering event
Ethics complaint filed by Client C creating a potential disclosure obligation to Client B
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
No engineer should be compelled to disclose potentially damaging allegations about his professional practice -- allegations that could be false, baseless, and motivated by some malicious intent
Text references
Engineer A should weigh all factors and, depending upon the nature and seriousness of the charges, take prudent action
No engineer should be compelled to disclose potentially damaging allegations about his professional practice -- allegations that could be false, baseless, and motivated by some malicious intent
such obligations would not compel an engineer to automatically disclose that a complaint had been filed against the engineer with the state engineering licensure board
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Privacy Right vs. Material Omission Tension in Engineer A's Complaint Disclosure" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From the filing of the complaint through Engineer A's decision about disclosure to Client B" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Client B",
"Engineer A" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.94" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "147" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T07:35:34.753598+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "147" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T07:35:34.753598+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "No engineer should be compelled to disclose potentially damaging allegations about his professional practice -- allegations that could be false, baseless, and motivated by some malicious intent" ;
proeth:stateclass "Privacy Right vs. Material Omission Tension State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's tension between the right not to disclose a potentially false and damaging allegation versus the duty to be truthful and avoid material omissions with Client B" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Engineer A's decision to disclose or not disclose, or resolution of the complaint" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A should weigh all factors and, depending upon the nature and seriousness of the charges, take prudent action",
"No engineer should be compelled to disclose potentially damaging allegations about his professional practice -- allegations that could be false, baseless, and motivated by some malicious intent",
"such obligations would not compel an engineer to automatically disclose that a complaint had been filed against the engineer with the state engineering licensure board" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Ethics complaint filed by Client C creating a potential disclosure obligation to Client B" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 147 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T07:56:55.828124"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 147 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
147
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T07:35:34.753598+00:00
First case
147
Generated
2026-03-01T07:35:34.753598+00:00
Attributed to
Case 147 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T07:56:55.828124
Generated by
ProEthica Case 147 Extraction