DP3
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/72#DP3
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Parent
Decision Point Id
DP3
Decision Question
When XYZ Corporation instructed Doe to suppress his written report and subsequently presented contradictory data at the public hearing, did Doe's professional confidentiality obligations under §7 bar him from disclosing his findings to the State Pollution Control Authority, and did those obligations survive contract termination?
Focus
The interaction between the Confidentiality Non-Applicability principle and the Client Report Suppression Prohibition in determining whether XYZ Corporation's suppression instruction carried any ethical weight — and whether the confidentiality framework could legitimately shield that instruction from the public welfare paramount obligation.
Option1
Disclose completed adverse findings to the State Pollution Control Authority without client authorization, treating the public danger exception to §7 as applicable to a confirmed regulatory standards violation and the suppression instruction as void as against public policy
Option2
Seek written authorization from XYZ Corporation to disclose findings to the authority before making any disclosure, treating §7 confidentiality as surviving contract termination and requiring client consent unless and until a formal regulatory subpoena or legal compulsion is issued
Option3
Disclose findings to the authority only in response to a direct request or subpoena from the State Pollution Control Authority, treating the public danger exception as requiring a formal regulatory inquiry to activate rather than arising from the engineer's unilateral judgment that a standards violation constitutes sufficient public danger
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Client
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Content Hash
4325084ce1fcecc5...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
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2026-02-26T15:59:05.607938
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ProEthica Case 72 Extraction