Peer Review Confidentiality Agreement Obligation Binding Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/181#Peer_Review_Confidentiality_Agreement_Obligation_Binding_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
PeerReviewConfidentialityAgreementObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PeerReviewConfidentialityAgreementObligation
Applied to
Confidential information about Engineer B's firm discovered during peer review
Balancing with
Confidentiality-Bounded Public Safety Escalation in Peer Review
Public Welfare Paramount
Concrete expression
Engineer A signed a confidentiality agreement as a condition of serving as peer reviewer, creating a relational obligation to protect confidential information about Engineer B's firm — an obligation that must be balanced against the public safety findings made during the review
Confidence
0.96
Importance
high
Interpretation
The confidentiality agreement binds Engineer A with respect to general business and technical information about Engineer B's firm, but this obligation does not extend to protecting conduct that violates safety codes and endangers public welfare
Invoked by
Engineer A Peer Review Safety Violation Discovering Engineer
Tension resolution
The confidentiality obligation yields to public safety when safety code violations are discovered; the agreement's purpose of encouraging candor in peer review cannot be extended to shielding public safety threats
Source Evidence
Source text
When originally selected as a peer reviewer, Engineer A is asked to sign a 'confidentiality agreement' whereby Engineer A agrees not to disclose confidential information involving peer-reviewed firms
Text references
When originally selected as a peer reviewer, Engineer A is asked to sign a 'confidentiality agreement' whereby Engineer A agrees not to disclose confidential information involving peer-reviewed firms
TTL
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case181:Peer_Review_Confidentiality_Agreement_Obligation_Binding_Engineer_A a proeth:PeerReviewConfidentialityAgreementObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Peer Review Confidentiality Agreement Obligation Binding Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Confidential information about Engineer B's firm discovered during peer review" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Confidentiality-Bounded Public Safety Escalation in Peer Review",
"Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A signed a confidentiality agreement as a condition of serving as peer reviewer, creating a relational obligation to protect confidential information about Engineer B's firm — an obligation that must be balanced against the public safety findings made during the review" ;
proeth:confidence "0.96" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "181" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T09:10:11.352092+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "181" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T09:10:11.352092+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The confidentiality agreement binds Engineer A with respect to general business and technical information about Engineer B's firm, but this obligation does not extend to protecting conduct that violates safety codes and endangers public welfare" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Peer Review Safety Violation Discovering Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Peer Review Confidentiality Agreement Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "When originally selected as a peer reviewer, Engineer A is asked to sign a 'confidentiality agreement' whereby Engineer A agrees not to disclose confidential information involving peer-reviewed firms" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The confidentiality obligation yields to public safety when safety code violations are discovered; the agreement's purpose of encouraging candor in peer review cannot be extended to shielding public safety threats" ;
proeth:textreferences "When originally selected as a peer reviewer, Engineer A is asked to sign a 'confidentiality agreement' whereby Engineer A agrees not to disclose confidential information involving peer-reviewed firms" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 181 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T09:25:33.352236"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 181 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
181
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T09:10:11.352092+00:00
First case
181
Generated
2026-03-01T09:10:11.352092+00:00
Attributed to
Case 181 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T09:25:33.352236
Generated by
ProEthica Case 181 Extraction