Engineer B Confidentiality Review Scope
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/15#Engineer_B_Confidentiality_Review_Scope
Definition
Engineer B's confidentiality obligation to the Owner covered the contents and findings of the peer review but did not extend to concealing the existence of the review from Engineer A, because concealment would violate a separate professional obligation.
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Notification obligation to Engineer A
Scope of confidentiality in peer review engagement
Balancing with
Public Safety
Transparency
Concrete expression
Engineer B's confidentiality obligation to the Owner covered the contents and findings of the peer review but did not extend to concealing the existence of the review from Engineer A, because concealment would violate a separate professional obligation.
Confidence
0.84
Interpretation
Confidentiality in professional review engagements must be interpreted to distinguish between protecting sensitive findings from unauthorized disclosure and improperly concealing the existence of a review from the engineer whose work is being evaluated.
Tension resolution
The confidentiality obligation was properly limited to the review's findings and did not justify the covert conduct the Owner requested. Engineer B's objection correctly identified this limit.
Match Confidence
0.95
Match Reasoning
Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Confidentiality Principle'
Matched Ontology Label
Confidentiality Principle
Matches Existing
true
Synthesis Literal
appliedTo
balancingWith
concreteExpression
confidence
interpretation
principleClass
tensionResolution
textReferences
Relationships
invokedBy
Agent Engineer B, Agent Owner
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer B objects to conducting the peer review without advising Engineer A
Owner instructs Engineer B to conduct the peer review without letting Engineer A know
Source text
Owner instructs Engineer B to conduct the peer review without letting Engineer A know. Engineer B objects to conducting the peer review without advising Engineer A.
TTL
@prefix case15: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/15#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> .
@prefix proeth-prov: <http://proethica.org/provenance#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case15:Engineer_B_Confidentiality_Review_Scope a proeth:ConfidentialityPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Confidentiality Review Scope" ;
proeth-core:invokedBy case15:Agent_Engineer_B,
case15:Agent_Owner ;
proeth:appliedTo "Notification obligation to Engineer A",
"Scope of confidentiality in peer review engagement" ;
proeth:balancingWith "Public Safety",
"Transparency" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "Engineer B's confidentiality obligation to the Owner covered the contents and findings of the peer review but did not extend to concealing the existence of the review from Engineer A, because concealment would violate a separate professional obligation." ;
proeth:confidence "0.84" ;
proeth:interpretation "Confidentiality in professional review engagements must be interpreted to distinguish between protecting sensitive findings from unauthorized disclosure and improperly concealing the existence of a review from the engineer whose work is being evaluated." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer B Peer Reviewer",
"Owner Project Owner" ;
proeth:principleClass "Confidentiality Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "The confidentiality obligation was properly limited to the review's findings and did not justify the covert conduct the Owner requested. Engineer B's objection correctly identified this limit." ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer B objects to conducting the peer review without advising Engineer A",
"Owner instructs Engineer B to conduct the peer review without letting Engineer A know" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 15 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 2 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-02T19:55:30.891672+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 15 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.95 ;
proeth-prov:matchReasoning "Individual typed as existing ontology class 'Confidentiality Principle'" ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyClass proeth:ConfidentialityPrinciple ;
proeth-prov:matchedOntologyLabel "Confidentiality Principle" ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting true ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Owner instructs Engineer B to conduct the peer review without letting Engineer A know. Engineer B objects to conducting the peer review without advising Engineer A." ;
proeth-prov:synthesisLiteral "appliedTo",
"balancingWith",
"concreteExpression",
"confidence",
"interpretation",
"principleClass",
"tensionResolution",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "Engineer B's confidentiality obligation to the Owner covered the contents and findings of the peer review but did not extend to concealing the existence of the review from Engineer A, because concealment would violate a separate professional obligation." ;
skos:definition "Engineer B's confidentiality obligation to the Owner covered the contents and findings of the peer review but did not extend to concealing the existence of the review from Engineer A, because concealment would violate a separate professional obligation." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-02T19:55:30.891672+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
facts
First discovered
2026-06-02T19:55:30.891672+00:00
First case
15
Generated
2026-06-02T19:55:30.891672+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 15 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 15 Extraction