Proactive Risk Disclosure Obligation To Regulatory Authority After Contract Termination
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/72#Proactive_Risk_Disclosure_Obligation_To_Regulatory_Authority_After_Contract_Termination
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Affected community relying on receiving water body
State Pollution Control Authority permit review process
Balancing with
Client confidentiality
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
After XYZ Corporation suppressed the written report and terminated the contract, Doe's obligation to proactively disclose his completed findings of discharge standard violations to the State Pollution Control Authority arose independently of any contractual relationship
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
Proactive risk disclosure requires Doe to notify the regulatory authority of his findings without waiting for a formal request, particularly because the client has actively suppressed the written report and the regulatory authority is proceeding on the basis of contradictory data
Invoked by
Engineer Doe Public Health Risk Reporting Engineer
Tension resolution
The proactive disclosure obligation is activated by the combination of confirmed risk findings, client suppression of the report, and the regulatory authority's reliance on contradictory data; these factors collectively override any residual confidentiality obligation
Source Evidence
Source text
Doe concludes that the discharge from the plant will lower the quality of the receiving body of water below established standards
Text references
Doe concludes that the discharge from the plant will lower the quality of the receiving body of water below established standards
the corporation terminates the contract with Doe with full payment for services performed, and instructs Doe not to render a written report
TTL
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case72:Proactive_Risk_Disclosure_Obligation_To_Regulatory_Authority_After_Contract_Termination a proeth:ProactiveRiskDisclosure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Proactive Risk Disclosure Obligation To Regulatory Authority After Contract Termination" ;
proeth:appliedto "Affected community relying on receiving water body",
"State Pollution Control Authority permit review process" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client confidentiality",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "After XYZ Corporation suppressed the written report and terminated the contract, Doe's obligation to proactively disclose his completed findings of discharge standard violations to the State Pollution Control Authority arose independently of any contractual relationship" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "72" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-26T11:58:47.868529+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "72" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-26T11:58:47.868529+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Proactive risk disclosure requires Doe to notify the regulatory authority of his findings without waiting for a formal request, particularly because the client has actively suppressed the written report and the regulatory authority is proceeding on the basis of contradictory data" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer Doe Public Health Risk Reporting Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Proactive Risk Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Doe concludes that the discharge from the plant will lower the quality of the receiving body of water below established standards" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The proactive disclosure obligation is activated by the combination of confirmed risk findings, client suppression of the report, and the regulatory authority's reliance on contradictory data; these factors collectively override any residual confidentiality obligation" ;
proeth:textreferences "Doe concludes that the discharge from the plant will lower the quality of the receiving body of water below established standards",
"the corporation terminates the contract with Doe with full payment for services performed, and instructs Doe not to render a written report" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 72 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-26T12:15:43.069644"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 72 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
72
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-26T11:58:47.868529+00:00
First case
72
Generated
2026-02-26T11:58:47.868529+00:00
Attributed to
Case 72 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-26T12:15:43.069644
Generated by
ProEthica Case 72 Extraction