Confidentiality Source-of-Information Distinction Applied To Client Voluntary Disclosure
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Confidentiality_Source-of-Information_Distinction_Applied_To_Client_Voluntary_Disclosure
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityExpectationSource-of-InformationDistinctionPrinciple
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityExpectationSource-of-InformationDistinctionPrinciple
Applied to
Client's voluntary disclosure of electrical and mechanical deficiencies
Confidentiality agreement covering structural report
Balancing with
Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure
Confidentiality Principle
Concrete expression
The electrical and mechanical deficiency information was voluntarily disclosed by the client to Engineer A during the course of the engagement — not independently discovered through Engineer A's contracted structural investigation — raising the question of whether this volunteered disclosure carries the same confidentiality protection as the contracted structural report
Confidence
0.88
Importance
medium
Interpretation
The confidentiality agreement explicitly covered the structural report — the client's voluntary disclosure of the electrical and mechanical deficiencies may carry a different and potentially weaker confidentiality expectation, particularly given that the disclosure implicates public safety
Invoked by
Building Owner Selling As-Is Client
Engineer A
Tension resolution
The source-of-information distinction supports treating the client's voluntary safety disclosure as outside the scope of the confidentiality agreement's protection, further supporting Engineer A's obligation to report the code violations
Source Evidence
Source text
the client confides in Engineer A and informs him that the building contains deficiencies in the electrical and mechanical systems which violate applicable codes and standards
Text references
Under the terms of the agreement with the client, the structural report written by Engineer A is to remain confidential
the client confides in Engineer A and informs him that the building contains deficiencies in the electrical and mechanical systems which violate applicable codes and standards
TTL
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case84:Confidentiality_Source-of-Information_Distinction_Applied_To_Client_Voluntary_Disclosure a proeth:ConfidentialityExpectationSource-of-InformationDistinctionPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Confidentiality Source-of-Information Distinction Applied To Client Voluntary Disclosure" ;
proeth:appliedto "Client's voluntary disclosure of electrical and mechanical deficiencies",
"Confidentiality agreement covering structural report" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure",
"Confidentiality Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The electrical and mechanical deficiency information was voluntarily disclosed by the client to Engineer A during the course of the engagement — not independently discovered through Engineer A's contracted structural investigation — raising the question of whether this volunteered disclosure carries the same confidentiality protection as the contracted structural report" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:37:05.727947+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:37:05.727947+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:interpretation "The confidentiality agreement explicitly covered the structural report — the client's voluntary disclosure of the electrical and mechanical deficiencies may carry a different and potentially weaker confidentiality expectation, particularly given that the disclosure implicates public safety" ;
proeth:invokedby "Building Owner Selling As-Is Client",
"Engineer A" ;
proeth:principleclass "Confidentiality Expectation Source-of-Information Distinction Principle" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the client confides in Engineer A and informs him that the building contains deficiencies in the electrical and mechanical systems which violate applicable codes and standards" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The source-of-information distinction supports treating the client's voluntary safety disclosure as outside the scope of the confidentiality agreement's protection, further supporting Engineer A's obligation to report the code violations" ;
proeth:textreferences "Under the terms of the agreement with the client, the structural report written by Engineer A is to remain confidential",
"the client confides in Engineer A and informs him that the building contains deficiencies in the electrical and mechanical systems which violate applicable codes and standards" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 84 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:56:58.167516"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 84 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
84
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:37:05.727947+00:00
First case
84
Generated
2026-03-01T13:37:05.727947+00:00
Attributed to
Case 84 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:56:58.167516
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction