Peer Review Confidentiality Agreement Obligation Invoked by Engineer A

@prefix case181: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/181#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case181:Peer_Review_Confidentiality_Agreement_Obligation_Invoked_by_Engineer_A a proeth:PeerReviewConfidentialityAgreementObligation, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Peer Review Confidentiality Agreement Obligation Invoked by Engineer A" ; proeth:appliedto "Technical documentation and design project information reviewed at Engineer B's firm" ; 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 for Engineer B's firm, obligating Engineer A not to disclose information revealed about the firm during the peer review process, in order to encourage maximum disclosure and build trust between the parties" ; proeth:confidence "0.97" ; proeth:discoveredincase "181" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T09:15:02.559197+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "181" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T09:15:02.559197+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:interpretation "The confidentiality agreement is a legitimate and important relational obligation that supports the peer review program's purpose; it is not a mere formality but a substantive ethical commitment that must be weighed seriously against competing obligations" ; proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Peer Review Safety Violation Discovering Engineer" ; proeth:principleclass "Peer Review Confidentiality Agreement Obligation" ; proeth:sourcetext "an individual agreeing to serve as a peer reviewer must sign a 'confidentiality agreement' in which the peer reviewer agrees not to disclose information that is revealed to the peer reviewer about the firm being reviewed during the course of the peer review process" ; proeth:tensionresolution "The confidentiality obligation is real and weighty but is not absolute; it yields when Engineer A discovers imminent public safety risks that cannot be resolved through direct engagement with Engineer B" ; proeth:textreferences "Firms being peer reviewed should be encouraged to provide as much pertinent detailed information to the peer reviewer to allow the peer reviewer the opportunity to perform a thorough evaluation of the firm, and confidentiality helps to assure that the maximum amount of disclosure will occur.", "an individual agreeing to serve as a peer reviewer must sign a 'confidentiality agreement' in which the peer reviewer agrees not to disclose information that is revealed to the peer reviewer about the firm being reviewed during the course of the peer review process", "confidentiality helps build trust between the parties involved in the peer review process and promotes an atmosphere that will improve the likelihood that the peer review process will be mutually productive and ultimately successful" ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 181 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T09:25:33.353374"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 181 Extraction" .