Confidentiality Obligation vs. Occupant Safety Competing Duties
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Confidentiality_Obligation_vs._Occupant_Safety_Competing_Duties
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityObligationvs.ImminentPublicDangerCompetingDutiesState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityObligationvs.ImminentPublicDangerCompetingDutiesState
Active period
From client's disclosure of deficiencies through Engineer A's decision not to report to third parties
Affected parties
Building occupants
Client
Engineer A
Prospective buyers
Confidence
0.93
Importance
critical
Subject
Engineer A's simultaneous obligation to maintain client confidentiality and obligation to protect occupants from known code-violating safety hazards
Terminated by
Engineer A's decision to include only a brief mention in the confidential report and not report to third parties — state persists unresolved
Triggering event
Engineer A learns of code violations that could injure occupants while bound by a confidentiality agreement
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
in view of the terms of the agreement, Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party
Text references
Engineer A does realize those deficiencies could cause injury to the occupants of the building
in view of the terms of the agreement, Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party
TTL
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case84:Confidentiality_Obligation_vs._Occupant_Safety_Competing_Duties a proeth:ConfidentialityObligationvs.ImminentPublicDangerCompetingDutiesState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Confidentiality Obligation vs. Occupant Safety Competing Duties" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From client's disclosure of deficiencies through Engineer A's decision not to report to third parties" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Building occupants",
"Client",
"Engineer A",
"Prospective buyers" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:31:22.087445+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:31:22.087445+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "critical" ;
proeth:sourcetext "in view of the terms of the agreement, Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party" ;
proeth:stateclass "Confidentiality Obligation vs. Imminent Public Danger Competing Duties State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's simultaneous obligation to maintain client confidentiality and obligation to protect occupants from known code-violating safety hazards" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Engineer A's decision to include only a brief mention in the confidential report and not report to third parties — state persists unresolved" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A does realize those deficiencies could cause injury to the occupants of the building",
"in view of the terms of the agreement, Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer A learns of code violations that could injure occupants while bound by a confidentiality agreement" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 84 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:56:58.166427"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 84 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
84
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:31:22.087445+00:00
First case
84
Generated
2026-03-01T13:31:22.087445+00:00
Attributed to
Case 84 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:56:58.166427
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction