Confidentiality Obligation vs. Occupant Safety Competing Duties
Individual
fcb442a4
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Confidentiality_Obligation_vs._Occupant_Safety_Competing_Duties
Properties
Parent
ConfidentialityObligationvs.ImminentPublicDangerCompetingDutiesState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityObligationvs.ImminentPublicDangerCompetingDutiesState
Activeperiod
From client's disclosure of deficiencies through Engineer A's decision not to report to third parties
Affectedparties
Building occupants
Client
Engineer A
Prospective buyers
Concept Category
State
Confidence
0.93
Importance
critical
Stateclass
Confidentiality Obligation vs. Imminent Public Danger Competing Duties State
Subject
Engineer A's simultaneous obligation to maintain client confidentiality and obligation to protect occupants from known code-violating safety hazards
Terminatedby
Engineer A's decision to include only a brief mention in the confidential report and not report to third parties — state persists unresolved
Triggeringevent
Engineer A learns of code violations that could injure occupants while bound by a confidentiality agreement
Urgencylevel
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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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
fcb442a4edfe5a34...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
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