StructuralEngineer_ConfidentialityVsPublicSafetyObligation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/18#StructuralEngineer_ConfidentialityVsPublicSafetyObligation
Properties
Instance of
Case context
Structural engineer confidentially informed of mechanical and electrical code violations by building owner prior to sale; made only brief mention in report
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.8
Importance
high
Obligated party
Structural Engineer (Building Sale Inspector)
Obligation statement
The structural engineer who inspected the building prior to sale and was confidentially informed of mechanical and electrical code violations was obligated to weigh the duty of confidentiality to the client against the duty to protect public safety, and to determine whether the code violations posed sufficient public health and safety risk to require disclosure beyond the brief mention made in the inspection report.
Temporal scope
Upon learning of the code violations during the building inspection
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Confirmed Lead Leaching Risk Without Safeguards
Source Evidence
Source text
Structural Engineer Building Sale Inspector -- Inspected a building about to be sold; was confidentially informed of mechanical and electrical code violations by the owner; made only brief mention of the violations in the report.
Text references
Structural Engineer Building Sale Inspector -- Inspected a building about to be sold; was confidentially informed of mechanical and electrical code violations by the owner; made only brief mention of the violations in the report.
TTL
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case18:StructuralEngineer_ConfidentialityVsPublicSafetyObligation a proeth:DutytoReport,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "StructuralEngineer_ConfidentialityVsPublicSafetyObligation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case18:Structural_Engineer_Building_Sale_Code_Violation_Reporting_Obligation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case18:Confirmed_Lead_Leaching_Risk_Without_Safeguards ;
proeth:casecontext "Structural engineer confidentially informed of mechanical and electrical code violations by building owner prior to sale; made only brief mention in report" ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.8" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case18:Completeness_in_Responsive_Technical_Testimony_Invoked_By_Structural_Engineer_Building_Inspection ;
proeth:discoveredincase "18" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T15:11:34.187959+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "18" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T15:11:34.187959+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Structural Engineer (Building Sale Inspector)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Duty to Report" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "The structural engineer who inspected the building prior to sale and was confidentially informed of mechanical and electrical code violations was obligated to weigh the duty of confidentiality to the client against the duty to protect public safety, and to determine whether the code violations posed sufficient public health and safety risk to require disclosure beyond the brief mention made in the inspection report." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Structural Engineer Building Sale Inspector -- Inspected a building about to be sold; was confidentially informed of mechanical and electrical code violations by the owner; made only brief mention of the violations in the report." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon learning of the code violations during the building inspection" ;
proeth:textreferences "Structural Engineer Building Sale Inspector -- Inspected a building about to be sold; was confidentially informed of mechanical and electrical code violations by the owner; made only brief mention of the violations in the report." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 18 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T15:25:32.285291"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 18 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
18
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-25T15:11:34.187959+00:00
First case
18
Generated
2026-02-25T15:11:34.187959+00:00
Attributed to
Case 18 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T15:25:32.285291
Generated by
ProEthica Case 18 Extraction