Confidentiality Principle Engaged by Client Transmission to Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Confidentiality_Principle_Engaged_by_Client_Transmission_to_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Engineer A's possession of confidential client information about electrical and mechanical code violations in the apartment building
Balancing with
Code Exception Clause Activation for Public Safety Disclosure
Public Welfare Paramount
Concrete expression
The Board finds that Section III.4.'s confidentiality obligation is fully engaged in this case because the client directly transmitted confidential information about the building's code violations to Engineer A during the professional engagement, distinguishing this case from Case 82-2 where no such transmission occurred.
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
Section III.4. confidentiality applies specifically to information given by the client to the engineer in the course of providing services; the client's direct transmission of the code violation information triggers this obligation.
Invoked by
Board of Ethical Review
Tension resolution
Confidentiality obligation is overridden by the public safety paramount obligation and displaced by the Section II.1.c. exception clause when Code authorization for disclosure exists.
Source Evidence
Source text
However, under the facts of the present case, there was a transmission of confidential information by the client to Engineer A. Therefore, it would appear that Section III.4. should be involved in our consideration of this case.
Text references
Section III.4. necessarily relates to confidential information given the engineer by the client in the course of providing services to the client
The obligation of the engineer to refrain from revealing confidential information, data, facts concerning the business affairs of the client without consent of the client is a significant ethical obligation.
under the facts of the present case, there was a transmission of confidential information by the client to Engineer A
TTL
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case84:Confidentiality_Principle_Engaged_by_Client_Transmission_to_Engineer_A a proeth:ConfidentialityPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Confidentiality Principle Engaged by Client Transmission to Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's possession of confidential client information about electrical and mechanical code violations in the apartment building" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Code Exception Clause Activation for Public Safety Disclosure",
"Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The Board finds that Section III.4.'s confidentiality obligation is fully engaged in this case because the client directly transmitted confidential information about the building's code violations to Engineer A during the professional engagement, distinguishing this case from Case 82-2 where no such transmission occurred." ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:44:42.213436+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:44:42.213436+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Section III.4. confidentiality applies specifically to information given by the client to the engineer in the course of providing services; the client's direct transmission of the code violation information triggers this obligation." ;
proeth:invokedby "Board of Ethical Review" ;
proeth:principleclass "Confidentiality Principle" ;
proeth:sourcetext "However, under the facts of the present case, there was a transmission of confidential information by the client to Engineer A. Therefore, it would appear that Section III.4. should be involved in our consideration of this case." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Confidentiality obligation is overridden by the public safety paramount obligation and displaced by the Section II.1.c. exception clause when Code authorization for disclosure exists." ;
proeth:textreferences "Section III.4. necessarily relates to confidential information given the engineer by the client in the course of providing services to the client",
"The obligation of the engineer to refrain from revealing confidential information, data, facts concerning the business affairs of the client without consent of the client is a significant ethical obligation.",
"under the facts of the present case, there was a transmission of confidential information by the client to Engineer A" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 84 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:56:58.173351"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 84 Extraction" .
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
2026-03-01T13:56:58.173351
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction