Code Exception Clause Activation — Section II.1.c. Releases Engineer A from Confidentiality
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Code_Exception_Clause_Activation_—_Section_II.1.c._Releases_Engineer_A_from_Confidentiality
Properties
Instance of
CodeExceptionClauseActivationforPublicSafetyDisclosure
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#CodeExceptionClauseActivationforPublicSafetyDisclosure
Applied to
Engineer A's obligation to disclose the electrical and mechanical code violations to appropriate authorities despite the confidentiality agreement
Balancing with
Confidentiality Principle
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
The Board identifies Section II.1.c.'s exception clause — which releases the engineer from confidentiality when disclosure is authorized or required by law or the Code — as the mechanism by which Engineer A's public safety obligation (Section II.1.a.) displaces the confidentiality obligation (Section III.4.), establishing that the Code's own provisions authorize the disclosure.
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
Section II.1.c.'s exception clause is triggered when another Code provision (here, Section II.1.a.'s public safety paramount obligation) affirmatively requires disclosure; the confidentiality obligation is thereby displaced, not merely overridden.
Invoked by
Board of Ethical Review
Tension resolution
The exception clause in Section II.1.c. structurally resolves the conflict by releasing the engineer from confidentiality when Code authorization exists; the conflict is not merely balanced but resolved by the Code's own exception mechanism.
Source Evidence
Source text
Importantly, however, this section also includes a relevant exception which allows the engineer to disclose information acquired during the course of providing professional services to the client if such disclosure is authorized or required by law or by the Code. In other words if the engineer has a legal or ethical responsibility to disclose the information in question, the engineer is released from the obligation to maintain confidentiality.
Text references
Section II.1.c. should be read in conjunction with Section II.1.a.
if the engineer has a legal or ethical responsibility to disclose the information in question, the engineer is released from the obligation to maintain confidentiality
this section also includes a relevant exception which allows the engineer to disclose information acquired during the course of providing professional services to the client if such disclosure is authorized or required by law or by the Code
TTL
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"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
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proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
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proeth:sourcetext "Importantly, however, this section also includes a relevant exception which allows the engineer to disclose information acquired during the course of providing professional services to the client if such disclosure is authorized or required by law or by the Code. In other words if the engineer has a legal or ethical responsibility to disclose the information in question, the engineer is released from the obligation to maintain confidentiality." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The exception clause in Section II.1.c. structurally resolves the conflict by releasing the engineer from confidentiality when Code authorization exists; the conflict is not merely balanced but resolved by the Code's own exception mechanism." ;
proeth:textreferences "Section II.1.c. should be read in conjunction with Section II.1.a.",
"if the engineer has a legal or ethical responsibility to disclose the information in question, the engineer is released from the obligation to maintain confidentiality",
"this section also includes a relevant exception which allows the engineer to disclose information acquired during the course of providing professional services to the client if such disclosure is authorized or required by law or by the Code" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
84
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:44:42.213436+00:00
First case
84
Generated
2026-03-01T13:44:42.213436+00:00
Attributed to
Case 84 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:56:58.173866
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction