Engineer B Safety Disclosure Obligation
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/15#Engineer_B_Safety_Disclosure_Obligation
Definition
As illustrated by BER Case 96-8 cited in this case, a peer reviewer bound by a contractual confidentiality agreement must still disclose safety code violations to appropriate authorities if the original engineer refuses to resolve them, demonstrating that confidentiality obligations do not override public safety duties.
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Confidentiality agreement governing peer review results
Balancing with
Collegial Notification Principle
Public Safety Paramount
Concrete expression
As illustrated by BER Case 96-8 cited in this case, a peer reviewer bound by a contractual confidentiality agreement must still disclose safety code violations to appropriate authorities if the original engineer refuses to resolve them, demonstrating that confidentiality obligations do not override public safety duties.
Confidence
0.88
Interpretation
Confidentiality in peer review is a legitimate but bounded obligation whose limits are defined by public safety requirements and collegial notification duties.
Tension resolution
Per BER Case 96-8, when safety violations cannot be resolved between engineers, the reviewer must inform appropriate authorities even under a confidentiality agreement, after first advising the original engineer of that intention.
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
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A contractually agreed not to disclose confidential information acquired in the review.
Such confidentiality agreements encourage the firm being reviewed to cooperate fully, build trust, and support a collegial atmosphere.
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 first advise Engineer B that Engineer A had an obligation to inform the appropriate authorities, and then to so inform the appropriate authorities.
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_Safety_Disclosure_Obligation a proeth:ConfidentialityPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Safety Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth-core:invokedBy case15:Agent_Engineer_B ;
proeth:appliedTo "Confidentiality agreement governing peer review results" ;
proeth:balancingWith "Collegial Notification Principle",
"Public Safety Paramount" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteExpression "As illustrated by BER Case 96-8 cited in this case, a peer reviewer bound by a contractual confidentiality agreement must still disclose safety code violations to appropriate authorities if the original engineer refuses to resolve them, demonstrating that confidentiality obligations do not override public safety duties." ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:interpretation "Confidentiality in peer review is a legitimate but bounded obligation whose limits are defined by public safety requirements and collegial notification duties." ;
proeth:invokedBy "Engineer B Peer Review Engineer" ;
proeth:principleClass "Confidentiality Principle" ;
proeth:tensionResolution "Per BER Case 96-8, when safety violations cannot be resolved between engineers, the reviewer must inform appropriate authorities even under a confidentiality agreement, after first advising the original engineer of that intention." ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A contractually agreed not to disclose confidential information acquired in the review.",
"Such confidentiality agreements encourage the firm being reviewed to cooperate fully, build trust, and support a collegial atmosphere.",
"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 "2026-06-02T19:58:41.183712+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 "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:synthesisLiteral "appliedTo",
"balancingWith",
"concreteExpression",
"confidence",
"interpretation",
"principleClass",
"tensionResolution",
"textReferences" ;
rdfs:comment "As illustrated by BER Case 96-8 cited in this case, a peer reviewer bound by a contractual confidentiality agreement must still disclose safety code violations to appropriate authorities if the original engineer refuses to resolve them, demonstrating that confidentiality obligations do not override public safety duties." ;
skos:definition "As illustrated by BER Case 96-8 cited in this case, a peer reviewer bound by a contractual confidentiality agreement must still disclose safety code violations to appropriate authorities if the original engineer refuses to resolve them, demonstrating that confidentiality obligations do not override public safety duties." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-02T19:58:41.183712+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
2026-06-02T19:58:41.183712+00:00
First case
15
Generated
2026-06-02T19:58:41.183712+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 15 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 15 Extraction