Engineer B Confidentiality Safety Override
Cs · Constraint
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/15#Engineer_B_Confidentiality_Safety_Override
Definition
A peer reviewer bound by a confidentiality agreement who discovers safety code violations must first seek resolution with the reviewed engineer, then advise that engineer of the intent to notify authorities, and then notify appropriate authorities if resolution fails. The confidentiality obligation does not suppress this escalation duty.
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialitySafetyOverrideConstraint
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialitySafetyOverrideConstraint
Case context
BER Case 96-8 established the procedural sequence for a peer reviewer operating under a confidentiality agreement who discovers potential safety code violations. This precedent is cited in the present case as governing background for the confidential peer review context.
Confidence
0.88
Constraint statement
A peer reviewer bound by a confidentiality agreement who discovers safety code violations must first seek resolution with the reviewed engineer, then advise that engineer of the intent to notify authorities, and then notify appropriate authorities if resolution fails. The confidentiality obligation does not suppress this escalation duty.
Severity
critical
Source
BER Case 96-8, NSPE Code of Ethics
Temporal scope
Upon discovery of safety code violations during a confidential peer review
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Synthesis Literal
caseContext
confidence
constraintClass
constraintStatement
severity
source
temporalScope
textReferences
Relationships
constrainedEntity
Agent Engineer B
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A contractually agreed not to disclose confidential information acquired in the review
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
@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_Safety_Override a proeth:ConfidentialitySafetyOverrideConstraint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Confidentiality Safety Override" ;
proeth-core:constrainedEntity case15:Agent_Engineer_B ;
proeth:caseContext "BER Case 96-8 established the procedural sequence for a peer reviewer operating under a confidentiality agreement who discovers potential safety code violations. This precedent is cited in the present case as governing background for the confidential peer review context." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Constraint" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:constrainedEntity "Engineer B (peer reviewer role, by analogy from BER Case 96-8)" ;
proeth:constraintClass "Confidentiality Safety Override Constraint" ;
proeth:constraintStatement "A peer reviewer bound by a confidentiality agreement who discovers safety code violations must first seek resolution with the reviewed engineer, then advise that engineer of the intent to notify authorities, and then notify appropriate authorities if resolution fails. The confidentiality obligation does not suppress this escalation duty." ;
proeth:severity "critical" ;
proeth:source "BER Case 96-8, NSPE Code of Ethics" ;
proeth:temporalScope "Upon discovery of safety code violations during a confidential peer review" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A contractually agreed not to disclose confidential information acquired in the review",
"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 "2026-06-02T20:00:50.100159+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 15 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.0 ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting false ;
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",
"confidence",
"constraintClass",
"constraintStatement",
"severity",
"source",
"temporalScope",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "A peer reviewer bound by a confidentiality agreement who discovers safety code violations must first seek resolution with the reviewed engineer, then advise that engineer of the intent to notify authorities, and then notify appropriate authorities if resolution fails. The confidentiality obligation does not suppress this escalation duty." ;
skos:definition "A peer reviewer bound by a confidentiality agreement who discovers safety code violations must first seek resolution with the reviewed engineer, then advise that engineer of the intent to notify authorities, and then notify appropriate authorities if resolution fails. The confidentiality obligation does not suppress this escalation duty." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-02T20:00:50.100159+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
2026-06-02T20:00:50.100159+00:00
First case
15
Generated
2026-06-02T20:00:50.100159+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 15 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 15 Extraction