Client-Confidentiality-vs-Public-Safety-Balancing-Framework-Instance
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Client-Confidentiality-vs-Public-Safety-Balancing-Framework-Instance
Properties
Instance of
ClientConfidentialityvs.PublicSafetyBalancingFramework
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClientConfidentialityvs.PublicSafetyBalancingFramework
Confidence
0.92
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review
Document title
Client Confidentiality vs. Public Safety Balancing Framework
Importance
high
Used by
Board of Ethical Review in resolving the core ethical conflict
Used in context
The Board explicitly constructs and applies a framework for balancing the engineer's confidentiality obligation (Sections II.4, III.4) against the paramount public safety obligation (Section I.1, II.1.a), concluding that public safety takes precedence and the engineer must escalate or withdraw rather than 'go along'
Version
As applied in this BER case
Source Evidence
Source text
The facts presented in this case raise a conflict between two basic ethical obligations of an engineer: The obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client and not to disclose confidential information concerning the business affairs of a client without that client's consent, and the obligation of the engineer to hold paramount the public health and safety.
Text references
The facts presented in this case raise a conflict between two basic ethical obligations of an engineer: The obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client and not to disclose confidential information concerning the business affairs of a client without that client's consent, and the obligation of the engineer to hold paramount the public health and safety.
We further believe that matters of public health and safety must take precedence.
TTL
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proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
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proeth:documenttitle "Client Confidentiality vs. Public Safety Balancing Framework" ;
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proeth:sourcetext "The facts presented in this case raise a conflict between two basic ethical obligations of an engineer: The obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client and not to disclose confidential information concerning the business affairs of a client without that client's consent, and the obligation of the engineer to hold paramount the public health and safety." ;
proeth:textreferences "The facts presented in this case raise a conflict between two basic ethical obligations of an engineer: The obligation of the engineer to be faithful to the client and not to disclose confidential information concerning the business affairs of a client without that client's consent, and the obligation of the engineer to hold paramount the public health and safety.",
"We further believe that matters of public health and safety must take precedence." ;
proeth:usedby "Board of Ethical Review in resolving the core ethical conflict" ;
proeth:usedincontext "The Board explicitly constructs and applies a framework for balancing the engineer's confidentiality obligation (Sections II.4, III.4) against the paramount public safety obligation (Section I.1, II.1.a), concluding that public safety takes precedence and the engineer must escalate or withdraw rather than 'go along'" ;
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
84
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:32:25.079571+00:00
First case
84
Generated
2026-03-01T13:32:25.079571+00:00
Attributed to
Case 84 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:56:58.158111
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction