Confidentiality Principle Invoked Regarding U.S. Government Investigation Findings
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/170#Confidentiality_Principle_Invoked_Regarding_U.S._Government_Investigation_Findings
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
U.S. Government Dam Failure Investigation Client
Balancing with
Objectivity
Switching Sides Prohibition in Adversarial Proceedings
Concrete expression
The forensic findings, investigative methodology, and technical conclusions developed by Engineer A during the government-retained dam failure study constitute confidential client information; accepting the contractor's retainer creates a structural risk that this confidential information will be used against the former client
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
Confidentiality obligations to the U.S. government persist after the engagement ends; the contractor's adverse claim against the government in the same matter means that any forensic opinion Engineer A renders for the contractor will inevitably draw on — or be shaped by — the confidential knowledge obtained from the government
Invoked by
Engineer A Dam Failure Forensic Investigation Engineer
Tension resolution
Confidentiality reinforces rather than conflicts with the switching sides prohibition in this case; both principles converge on the same conclusion that Engineer A must not accept the contractor's retainer
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure. Later Engineer A is retained by the contractor on this project, who has filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation.
Text references
Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure.
Later Engineer A is retained by the contractor on this project, who has filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation.
TTL
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case170:Confidentiality_Principle_Invoked_Regarding_U.S._Government_Investigation_Findings a proeth:ConfidentialityPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Confidentiality Principle Invoked Regarding U.S. Government Investigation Findings" ;
proeth:appliedto "U.S. Government Dam Failure Investigation Client" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Objectivity",
"Switching Sides Prohibition in Adversarial Proceedings" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The forensic findings, investigative methodology, and technical conclusions developed by Engineer A during the government-retained dam failure study constitute confidential client information; accepting the contractor's retainer creates a structural risk that this confidential information will be used against the former client" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "170" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T21:01:35.040886+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "170" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T21:01:35.040886+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Confidentiality obligations to the U.S. government persist after the engagement ends; the contractor's adverse claim against the government in the same matter means that any forensic opinion Engineer A renders for the contractor will inevitably draw on — or be shaped by — the confidential knowledge obtained from the government" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Dam Failure Forensic Investigation Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Confidentiality Principle" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure. Later Engineer A is retained by the contractor on this project, who has filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Confidentiality reinforces rather than conflicts with the switching sides prohibition in this case; both principles converge on the same conclusion that Engineer A must not accept the contractor's retainer" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure.",
"Later Engineer A is retained by the contractor on this project, who has filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 170 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T21:17:58.659229"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 170 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
170
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T21:01:35.040886+00:00
First case
170
Generated
2026-03-01T21:01:35.040886+00:00
Attributed to
Case 170 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T21:17:58.659229
Generated by
ProEthica Case 170 Extraction