Confidentiality Non-Override Public Danger Engineer A Current Case Insurance Client
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/78#Confidentiality_Non-Override_Public_Danger_Engineer_A_Current_Case_Insurance_Client
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityScopeLimitationforPublicDangerDisclosureObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityScopeLimitationforPublicDangerDisclosureObligation
Case context
Engineer A's forensic engagement with the insurance company was confidential, but the discovered structural defect posed a public safety risk to multiple homeowners in the subdivision
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (current case subdivision forensic engineer)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that his confidentiality obligation to the insurance company client did not bar him from disclosing the systemic structural defect to local building officials and the homeowners association, because the disclosure concerned a public danger rather than the client's proprietary commercial information.
Temporal scope
When considering whether to disclose findings beyond the insurance company client
Relationships
competesWith
Faithful Agent Obligation With in Ethical Limits Engineer A Current Case Insurance Company
defeasibleUnder
Public Safety Obligation Beyond Client Relationship, Systemic Subdivision Defect — Present Case
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A should have explored additional steps, including contacting local building officials, as well as the local homeowners or community civic association, to advise them of his findings.
Text references
Engineer A should have explored additional steps, including contacting local building officials, as well as the local homeowners or community civic association, to advise them of his findings.
the facts and circumstances in the present case fall somewhere between those outlined in BER Cases 00-5 and 07-10, and would require Engineer A to take steps beyond merely submitting a written report to the insurance company.
TTL
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case78:Confidentiality_Non-Override_Public_Danger_Engineer_A_Current_Case_Insurance_Client a proeth:ConfidentialityScopeLimitationforPublicDangerDisclosureObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Confidentiality Non-Override Public Danger Engineer A Current Case Insurance Client" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case78:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Engineer_A_Current_Case_Insurance_Company ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case78:Public_Safety_Obligation_Beyond_Client_Relationship,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/78#Systemic_Subdivision_Defect_—_Present_Case> ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case78:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Engineer_A_Current_Case_Insurance_Company ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A's forensic engagement with the insurance company was confidential, but the discovered structural defect posed a public safety risk to multiple homeowners in the subdivision" ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case78:Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_Applied_to_Subdivision_Defect_Public_Danger,
case78:Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_to_Public_Danger_Disclosure_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Board_Contact ;
proeth:discoveredincase "78" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T05:10:50.405638+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "78" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T05:10:50.405638+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (current case subdivision forensic engineer)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Confidentiality Scope Limitation for Public Danger Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that his confidentiality obligation to the insurance company client did not bar him from disclosing the systemic structural defect to local building officials and the homeowners association, because the disclosure concerned a public danger rather than the client's proprietary commercial information." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A should have explored additional steps, including contacting local building officials, as well as the local homeowners or community civic association, to advise them of his findings." ;
proeth:temporalscope "When considering whether to disclose findings beyond the insurance company client" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A should have explored additional steps, including contacting local building officials, as well as the local homeowners or community civic association, to advise them of his findings.",
"the facts and circumstances in the present case fall somewhere between those outlined in BER Cases 00-5 and 07-10, and would require Engineer A to take steps beyond merely submitting a written report to the insurance company." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 78 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T05:38:29.586129"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 78 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
78
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T05:10:50.405638+00:00
First case
78
Generated
2026-02-27T05:10:50.405638+00:00
Attributed to
Case 78 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T05:38:29.586129
Generated by
ProEthica Case 78 Extraction