Confidentiality Principle Invoked for Former Employer and Client Information
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/75#Confidentiality_Principle_Invoked_for_Former_Employer_and_Client_Information
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Former employer business affairs
Private client technical information
Water-rights analysis technical processes
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Loyalty
Concrete expression
Engineer A is prohibited from disclosing confidential information concerning the business affairs or technical processes of his former private firm employer or the water-rights client without their consent, even in his capacity as a state employee
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
Confidentiality obligations to former clients and employers survive the employment relationship and apply even when the engineer's current employer is an adversarial party in proceedings involving that former client's work
Invoked by
Engineer A Current Case Private-to-Public Transitioning Engineer
Tension resolution
Confidentiality to former client prevails; Engineer A remains silent and is assigned other duties rather than disclosing confidential information to benefit the State
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineers shall not disclose, without consent, confidential information concerning the business affairs or technical processes of any present or former client or employer, or public body on which they serve.
Text references
By refraining from becoming involved in this matter for the state, Engineer A is not 'representing the client' (as the facts suggest) or providing any services to the client. Engineer A is merely remaining silent.
Engineer A clearly has an ongoing duty to honor his obligations both to his former employer and the private client.
Engineers shall not disclose, without consent, confidential information concerning the business affairs or technical processes of any present or former client or employer, or public body on which they serve.
TTL
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case75:Confidentiality_Principle_Invoked_for_Former_Employer_and_Client_Information a proeth:ConfidentialityPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Confidentiality Principle Invoked for Former Employer and Client Information" ;
proeth:appliedto "Former employer business affairs",
"Private client technical information",
"Water-rights analysis technical processes" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A is prohibited from disclosing confidential information concerning the business affairs or technical processes of his former private firm employer or the water-rights client without their consent, even in his capacity as a state employee" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "75" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T00:20:11.734879+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "75" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T00:20:11.734879+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Confidentiality obligations to former clients and employers survive the employment relationship and apply even when the engineer's current employer is an adversarial party in proceedings involving that former client's work" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Current Case Private-to-Public Transitioning Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Confidentiality Principle" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineers shall not disclose, without consent, confidential information concerning the business affairs or technical processes of any present or former client or employer, or public body on which they serve." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Confidentiality to former client prevails; Engineer A remains silent and is assigned other duties rather than disclosing confidential information to benefit the State" ;
proeth:textreferences "By refraining from becoming involved in this matter for the state, Engineer A is not 'representing the client' (as the facts suggest) or providing any services to the client. Engineer A is merely remaining silent.",
"Engineer A clearly has an ongoing duty to honor his obligations both to his former employer and the private client.",
"Engineers shall not disclose, without consent, confidential information concerning the business affairs or technical processes of any present or former client or employer, or public body on which they serve." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 75 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T00:31:30.976992"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 75 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
75
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T00:20:11.734879+00:00
First case
75
Generated
2026-02-27T00:20:11.734879+00:00
Attributed to
Case 75 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T00:31:30.976992
Generated by
ProEthica Case 75 Extraction