BER 89-7 Structural Engineer Public Authority Safety Reporting
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/149#BER_89-7_Structural_Engineer_Public_Authority_Safety_Reporting
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityScopeLimitationforPublicDangerDisclosureObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityScopeLimitationforPublicDangerDisclosureObligation
Case context
Engineer bound by confidentiality agreement; client disclosed code violations posing occupant injury risk; engineer did not report to any third parties.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
BER 89-7 Structural Engineer
Obligation statement
The BER 89-7 structural engineer was obligated to report the electrical and mechanical safety violations to appropriate public authorities notwithstanding the confidentiality agreement, because the paramount public welfare obligation supersedes confidentiality when occupant safety is at risk.
Temporal scope
Upon determining that the electrical and mechanical deficiencies could cause injury to building occupants
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Public Welfare Paramount Invoked in BER 89-7 Electrical Deficiency Non-Disclosure
Source Evidence
Source text
the engineer did not report the safety violations to any third parties.
Text references
the Board concluded that the engineer had an obligation to go further particularly because the Code uses the term 'paramount' to describe the engineer's obligation to protect the public safety health and welfare.
the engineer did not report the safety violations to any third parties.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
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proeth-core:competesWith case149:BER_89-7_Structural_Engineer_Passive_Acquiescence_Safety_Violation_Non-Reporting ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case149:BER_89-7_Structural_Engineer_Confidentiality_Non-Override_Public_Safety_Reporting ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer bound by confidentiality agreement; client disclosed code violations posing occupant injury risk; engineer did not report to any third parties." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
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proeth:discoveredincase "149" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "BER 89-7 Structural Engineer" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Confidentiality Scope Limitation for Public Danger Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The BER 89-7 structural engineer was obligated to report the electrical and mechanical safety violations to appropriate public authorities notwithstanding the confidentiality agreement, because the paramount public welfare obligation supersedes confidentiality when occupant safety is at risk." ;
proeth:sourcetext "the engineer did not report the safety violations to any third parties." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon determining that the electrical and mechanical deficiencies could cause injury to building occupants" ;
proeth:textreferences "the Board concluded that the engineer had an obligation to go further particularly because the Code uses the term 'paramount' to describe the engineer's obligation to protect the public safety health and welfare.",
"the engineer did not report the safety violations to any third parties." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 149 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T12:35:30.896681"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 149 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
149
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:26:51.749955+00:00
First case
149
Generated
2026-03-01T12:26:51.749955+00:00
Attributed to
Case 149 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T12:35:30.896681
Generated by
ProEthica Case 149 Extraction