Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure Invoked by Engineer A Board Contact
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/78#Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_to_Public_Danger_Disclosure_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Board_Contact
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityNon-ApplicabilitytoPublicDangerDisclosure
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityNon-ApplicabilitytoPublicDangerDisclosure
Applied to
Insurance Company Forensic Investigation Client
State Board of Professional Engineers Regulatory Authority
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer A disclosed the structural under-design finding — information arising from a confidential forensic engagement with the insurance company — to the State Board of Professional Engineers, implicitly invoking the principle that confidentiality does not bar disclosure of public dangers to appropriate authorities.
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Interpretation
The systemic structural under-design affecting an entire subdivision constitutes a public danger of sufficient severity to trigger the confidentiality exception. Engineer A's disclosure to the State Board was not a breach of client confidentiality but an exercise of the professional obligation to advise proper authorities of apparent public dangers.
Invoked by
Engineer A Current Case Subdivision Tract Defect Reporting Forensic Engineer
Tension resolution
Engineer A resolved the tension by treating the State Board consultation as a disclosure to a 'proper authority' within the meaning of the confidentiality exception, rather than as a breach of his duty to the insurance company client.
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A, still concerned with his obligation to the public beyond just informing the insurance company, calls the State Board of Professional Engineers, apprises them of the situation, and asks what more could and should be done about the situation.
Text references
Engineer A, still concerned with his obligation to the public beyond just informing the insurance company, calls the State Board of Professional Engineers, apprises them of the situation, and asks what more could and should be done about the situation.
TTL
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case78:Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_to_Public_Danger_Disclosure_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Board_Contact a proeth:ConfidentialityNon-ApplicabilitytoPublicDangerDisclosure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure Invoked by Engineer A Board Contact" ;
proeth:appliedto "Insurance Company Forensic Investigation Client",
"State Board of Professional Engineers Regulatory Authority" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A disclosed the structural under-design finding — information arising from a confidential forensic engagement with the insurance company — to the State Board of Professional Engineers, implicitly invoking the principle that confidentiality does not bar disclosure of public dangers to appropriate authorities." ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "78" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T04:59:21.333668+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "78" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T04:59:21.333668+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The systemic structural under-design affecting an entire subdivision constitutes a public danger of sufficient severity to trigger the confidentiality exception. Engineer A's disclosure to the State Board was not a breach of client confidentiality but an exercise of the professional obligation to advise proper authorities of apparent public dangers." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Current Case Subdivision Tract Defect Reporting Forensic Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A, still concerned with his obligation to the public beyond just informing the insurance company, calls the State Board of Professional Engineers, apprises them of the situation, and asks what more could and should be done about the situation." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Engineer A resolved the tension by treating the State Board consultation as a disclosure to a 'proper authority' within the meaning of the confidentiality exception, rather than as a breach of his duty to the insurance company client." ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A, still concerned with his obligation to the public beyond just informing the insurance company, calls the State Board of Professional Engineers, apprises them of the situation, and asks what more could and should be done about the situation." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 78 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T05:38:29.577699"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 78 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
78
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T04:59:21.333668+00:00
First case
78
Generated
2026-02-27T04:59:21.333668+00:00
Attributed to
Case 78 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T05:38:29.577699
Generated by
ProEthica Case 78 Extraction