BER 89-7 Confidentiality Agreement Suppressing Safety Report
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/149#BER_89-7_Confidentiality_Agreement_Suppressing_Safety_Report
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityInstructionSuppressingSafetyReportState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityInstructionSuppressingSafetyReportState
Active period
From execution of confidentiality agreement through engineer's decision not to report code violations to third parties
Affected parties
Building occupants
Client
Engineer
Public authorities
Confidence
0.96
Importance
high
Subject
Structural engineer bound by confidentiality agreement with client selling occupied building 'as is'
Terminated by
BER ruling that confidentiality obligation was superseded by paramount public safety duty
Triggering event
Client's explicit confidentiality terms in the engagement agreement, combined with 'as is' sale instruction
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
Under the terms of the agreement with the client, the structural report written by the engineer was to remain confidential
Text references
Under the terms of the agreement with the client, the structural report written by the engineer was to remain confidential
in view of the terms of the agreement, the engineer did not report the safety violations to any third parties
the engineer should have insisted that the client take appropriate action or refuse to continue work on the project
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "BER 89-7 Confidentiality Agreement Suppressing Safety Report" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From execution of confidentiality agreement through engineer's decision not to report code violations to third parties" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Building occupants",
"Client",
"Engineer",
"Public authorities" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.96" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "149" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:15:15.837630+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "149" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:15:15.837630+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Under the terms of the agreement with the client, the structural report written by the engineer was to remain confidential" ;
proeth:stateclass "Confidentiality Instruction Suppressing Safety Report State" ;
proeth:subject "Structural engineer bound by confidentiality agreement with client selling occupied building 'as is'" ;
proeth:terminatedby "BER ruling that confidentiality obligation was superseded by paramount public safety duty" ;
proeth:textreferences "Under the terms of the agreement with the client, the structural report written by the engineer was to remain confidential",
"in view of the terms of the agreement, the engineer did not report the safety violations to any third parties",
"the engineer should have insisted that the client take appropriate action or refuse to continue work on the project" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Client's explicit confidentiality terms in the engagement agreement, combined with 'as is' sale instruction" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 149 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T12:35:30.884058"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 149 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
149
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:15:15.837630+00:00
First case
149
Generated
2026-03-01T12:15:15.837630+00:00
Attributed to
Case 149 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T12:35:30.884058
Generated by
ProEthica Case 149 Extraction