DP5
Individual
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/172#DP5
Properties
Parent
Decision Point Id
DP5
Decision Question
Should Engineer A treat his confidentiality and loyalty obligations to the plaintiff as having lapsed upon termination of the engagement — permitting him to participate adversely in the same proceeding — or must he recognize that the confidentiality obligation persists indefinitely and the loyalty floor persists for the duration of the active proceeding?
Focus
Engineer A: Post-Termination Confidentiality Perpetuation and Proceeding-Duration Former Client Loyalty Persistence
Option1
Recognize that the confidentiality obligation persists indefinitely post-termination and that mental segregation of plaintiff confidential information is impossible, and therefore decline any adverse participation in the same matter regardless of stated intent to produce an independent report.
Option2
Treat the formal termination of the plaintiff-side engagement as dissolving both the loyalty and confidentiality obligations, on the basis that Engineer A is not an absolute advocate for the plaintiff and that his findings were adverse to the plaintiff in any event, making the confidential information effectively non-prejudicial.
Option3
Accept the defense engagement while implementing explicit procedural safeguards — such as limiting the scope of the defense report to technical matters not addressed in the plaintiff engagement and documenting the analytical firewall — treating mental segregation as achievable through professional discipline and scope limitation.
Role Label
Engineer
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
c5f7a6cc4ead1c1d...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
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2026-03-01T18:43:03.946135
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ProEthica Case 172 Extraction