Confidentiality Obligation vs. Imminent Public Danger Competing Duties State
Class
9b833ff1
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityObligationvs.ImminentPublicDangerCompetingDutiesState
Definition
State in which an engineer simultaneously holds a professional confidentiality obligation to a client and possesses knowledge of an imminent danger to third parties (occupants, public), such that the two obligations directly conflict and require ethical prioritization, with the public safety obligation recognized as paramount and activating a code-based exception to confidentiality.
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Subclass of
Definition
State in which an engineer simultaneously holds a professional confidentiality obligation to a client and possesses knowledge of an imminent danger to third parties (occupants, public), such that the two obligations directly conflict and require ethical prioritization, with the public safety obligation recognized as paramount and activating a code-based exception to confidentiality.
Source Evidence
Source Text
there may be facts and circumstances in which the ethical obligation of engineers in protecting the public health and safety conflict with the ethical obligation of engineers to maintain the right of confidentiality
TTL
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rdfs:comment "State in which an engineer simultaneously holds a professional confidentiality obligation to a client and possesses knowledge of an imminent danger to third parties (occupants, public), such that the two obligations directly conflict and require ethical prioritization, with the public safety obligation recognized as paramount and activating a code-based exception to confidentiality." ;
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
9b833ff16a19db3e...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
136
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T12:53:52.514196+00:00
First Discovered In Case
136
Generated
2026-03-01T12:53:52.514196+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 136 Extraction