Engineer B Confidential Review Safety Disclosure
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/15#Engineer_B_Confidential_Review_Safety_Disclosure
Definition
A peer reviewer operating under a contractual confidentiality agreement who discovers safety code violations must first seek resolution with the reviewed engineer, then notify the reviewed engineer of the intent to report, and then report to appropriate authorities if resolution fails, notwithstanding the confidentiality agreement.
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialReviewSafetyDisclosureObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialReviewSafetyDisclosureObligation
Case context
BER Case 96-8, cited in the present case, involved a peer reviewer who contractually agreed to confidentiality but discovered potential safety code violations in the reviewed work.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.9
Obligation statement
A peer reviewer operating under a contractual confidentiality agreement who discovers safety code violations must first seek resolution with the reviewed engineer, then notify the reviewed engineer of the intent to report, and then report to appropriate authorities if resolution fails, notwithstanding the confidentiality agreement.
Temporal scope
Upon discovery of potential safety code violations during the peer review
Match Confidence
0.8
Match Reasoning
Via class 'Confidential Review Safety Disclosure Obligation': This is a specialization of the Reporting Obligation and Safety Obligation classes, distinguished by the condition that a confidentiality agreement is in place. It also maps closely to the Post-Termination Environmental Risk Reporting Obligation in structure, but applies to peer review contexts rather than post-termination scenarios. The safety-overrides-confidentiality logic makes it a distinct reusable type.
Matched Ontology Label
Reporting Obligation
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
caseContext
complianceStatus
confidence
obligationClass
obligationStatement
temporalScope
textReferences
Relationships
obligatedParty
Agent Engineer B
derivedFromPrinciple
Engineer B Safety Disclosure Obligation
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A had an obligation to immediately discuss these issues with Engineer B in order to seek clarification and resolution.
if Engineers A and B were unable to successfully resolve Engineer A's concerns, Engineer A had an obligation to first advise Engineer B that Engineer A had an obligation to inform the appropriate authorities, and then to so inform the appropriate authorities.
Source text
Engineer A had an obligation to immediately discuss these issues with Engineer B in order to seek clarification and resolution.
TTL
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case15:Engineer_B_Confidential_Review_Safety_Disclosure a proeth:ConfidentialReviewSafetyDisclosureObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Confidential Review Safety Disclosure" ;
proeth-core:obligatedParty case15:Agent_Engineer_B ;
proeth:caseContext "BER Case 96-8, cited in the present case, involved a peer reviewer who contractually agreed to confidentiality but discovered potential safety code violations in the reviewed work." ;
proeth:complianceStatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case15:Engineer_B_Safety_Disclosure_Obligation ;
proeth:obligatedParty "Peer reviewer bound by confidentiality agreement" ;
proeth:obligationClass "Confidential Review Safety Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationStatement "A peer reviewer operating under a contractual confidentiality agreement who discovers safety code violations must first seek resolution with the reviewed engineer, then notify the reviewed engineer of the intent to report, and then report to appropriate authorities if resolution fails, notwithstanding the confidentiality agreement." ;
proeth:temporalScope "Upon discovery of potential safety code violations during the peer review" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A had an obligation to immediately discuss these issues with Engineer B in order to seek clarification and resolution.",
"if Engineers A and B were unable to successfully resolve Engineer A's concerns, Engineer A had an obligation to first advise Engineer B that Engineer A had an obligation to inform the appropriate authorities, and then to so inform the appropriate authorities." ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 15 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "discussion" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-02T19:59:48.608792+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 15 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.8 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Via class 'Confidential Review Safety Disclosure Obligation': This is a specialization of the Reporting Obligation and Safety Obligation classes, distinguished by the condition that a confidentiality agreement is in place. It also maps closely to the Post-Termination Environmental Risk Reporting Obligation in structure, but applies to peer review contexts rather than post-termination scenarios. The safety-overrides-confidentiality logic makes it a distinct reusable type." ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:ReportingObligation ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Reporting Obligation" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer A had an obligation to immediately discuss these issues with Engineer B in order to seek clarification and resolution." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "caseContext",
"complianceStatus",
"confidence",
"obligationClass",
"obligationStatement",
"temporalScope",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "A peer reviewer operating under a contractual confidentiality agreement who discovers safety code violations must first seek resolution with the reviewed engineer, then notify the reviewed engineer of the intent to report, and then report to appropriate authorities if resolution fails, notwithstanding the confidentiality agreement." ;
skos:definition "A peer reviewer operating under a contractual confidentiality agreement who discovers safety code violations must first seek resolution with the reviewed engineer, then notify the reviewed engineer of the intent to report, and then report to appropriate authorities if resolution fails, notwithstanding the confidentiality agreement." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-02T19:59:48.608792+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 15 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 15 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
15
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-02T19:59:48.608792+00:00
First case
15
Generated
2026-06-02T19:59:48.608792+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 15 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 15 Extraction