Engineer A Confidentiality-Bound Structural Safety Discovering Engineer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Engineer_A_Confidentiality-Bound_Structural_Safety_Discovering_Engineer
Definition
Retained under a confidentiality agreement to assess structural integrity of a 60-year-old occupied apartment building being sold 'as is'; determines the building is structurally sound but learns from the client of electrical and mechanical code violations posing injury risk to occupants; informs the client verbally and notes the conversation briefly in the report but does not report the safety violations to any third party or authority.
Properties
Instance of
Confidentiality-BoundStructuralSafetyDiscoveringEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Confidentiality-BoundStructuralSafetyDiscoveringEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| specialty | Structural engineering |
| confidentiality_agreement | True |
| out_of_specialty_discovery | Electrical and mechanical code violations |
| action_taken | Informed client verbally; noted in report; did not escalate to authorities |
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | owes_duty_to |
| target | Building Occupants |
| type | serves_client |
| target | Building Owner Client |
Role category
public_responsibility
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Client Notification Obligation Partially Discharged By Engineer A Brief Mention, Code Exception Clause Activation Obligation Failed By Engineer A, Competence Boundary Recognition Partially Discharged By Engineer A, Confidentiality Non-Applicability to Public Danger Disclosure Violated By Engineer A, Confidentiality Principle Invoked By Engineer A Under Contractual Agreement, Confidentiality Source-of-Information Distinction Applied To Client Voluntary Disclosure, Faithful Agent Obligation With in Ethical Limits Misapplied By Engineer A, Insistence on Remedial Action or Withdrawal Obligation Not Met By Engineer A, Non-Acquiescence to Unsafe Client Directive Violated By Engineer A, Passive Acquiescence After Safety Notification Independent Ethical Failure By Engineer A, Post-Client-Refusal Escalation Assessment Not Conducted By Engineer A, Public Welfare Paramount Invoked By Engineer A In Occupied Building Safety Context, Scope-of-Work Limitation Invoked As Incomplete Defense By Engineer A, Third-Party Affected Party Direct Notification Obligation Not Discharged By Engineer A
hasObligation
Engineer A Appropriate Authority Notification After Client Safety Override Failure, Engineer A As-Is Sale Directive Safety Reporting Non-Override, Engineer A Brief Report Mention Insufficiency for Public Authority Safety Notification, Engineer A Client Safety Violation Insistence or Project Withdrawal, Engineer A Client Safety Violation Insistence or Withdrawal Failure, Engineer A Competing Confidentiality-Safety Code Provision Contextual Balancing Failure, Engineer A Competing Confidentiality Safety Code Provision Contextual Balancing, Engineer A Confidentiality Agreement Non-Excuse Safety Code Violation Reporting, Engineer A Ethics Code Cross-Provision Non-Vacuum Reading Failure, Engineer A Faithful Agent Role Misapplication to Confidentiality Absolutism, Engineer A Going-Along After Client Safety Refusal Independent Ethical Violation, Engineer A Occupied Building Electrical Mechanical Violation Occupant Escalation, Engineer A Out-of-Discipline Electrical Mechanical Code Violation Public Authority Reporting, Engineer A Paramount Safety Word Supremacy Hierarchy Non-Recognition, Engineer A Passive Acquiescence Independent Ethical Failure, Engineer A Passive Acquiescence Known Safety Violation Independent Ethical Failure, Engineer A Post-Client-Override Public Safety Escalation Assessment, Engineer A Post-Client-Override Public Safety Escalation Failure, Engineer A Scope of Work Non-Shield Electrical Mechanical Safety Disclosure, Engineer A Section II.1.c. Exception Clause Non-Activation Violation, Engineer A Section III.4 Client-Transmitted Confidentiality Engagement Recognition, Engineer A Tenant Occupant Direct Notification Electrical Mechanical Violations
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is retained to investigate the structural integrity of a 60-year old occupied apartment building
Text references
Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party
Engineer A is retained to investigate the structural integrity of a 60-year old occupied apartment building
Engineer A makes a brief mention of his conversation with the client concerning the deficiencies
Engineer A performs several structural tests on the building and determines that the building is structurally sound
he does realize those deficiencies could cause injury to the occupants of the building and so informs the client
the structural report written by Engineer A is to remain confidential
TTL
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case84:Engineer_A_Confidentiality-Bound_Structural_Safety_Discovering_Engineer a proeth:Confidentiality-BoundStructuralSafetyDiscoveringEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Confidentiality-Bound Structural Safety Discovering Engineer" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case84:Client_Notification_Obligation_Partially_Discharged_By_Engineer_A_Brief_Mention,
case84:Code_Exception_Clause_Activation_Obligation_Failed_By_Engineer_A,
case84:Competence_Boundary_Recognition_Partially_Discharged_By_Engineer_A,
case84:Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_to_Public_Danger_Disclosure_Violated_By_Engineer_A,
case84:Confidentiality_Principle_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Under_Contractual_Agreement,
case84:Confidentiality_Source-of-Information_Distinction_Applied_To_Client_Voluntary_Disclosure,
case84:Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_Misapplied_By_Engineer_A,
case84:Insistence_on_Remedial_Action_or_Withdrawal_Obligation_Not_Met_By_Engineer_A,
case84:Non-Acquiescence_to_Unsafe_Client_Directive_Violated_By_Engineer_A,
case84:Passive_Acquiescence_After_Safety_Notification_Independent_Ethical_Failure_By_Engineer_A,
case84:Post-Client-Refusal_Escalation_Assessment_Not_Conducted_By_Engineer_A,
case84:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_In_Occupied_Building_Safety_Context,
case84:Scope-of-Work_Limitation_Invoked_As_Incomplete_Defense_By_Engineer_A,
case84:Third-Party_Affected_Party_Direct_Notification_Obligation_Not_Discharged_By_Engineer_A ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case84:Engineer_A_Appropriate_Authority_Notification_After_Client_Safety_Override_Failure,
case84:Engineer_A_As-Is_Sale_Directive_Safety_Reporting_Non-Override,
case84:Engineer_A_Brief_Report_Mention_Insufficiency_for_Public_Authority_Safety_Notification,
case84:Engineer_A_Client_Safety_Violation_Insistence_or_Project_Withdrawal,
case84:Engineer_A_Client_Safety_Violation_Insistence_or_Withdrawal_Failure,
case84:Engineer_A_Competing_Confidentiality-Safety_Code_Provision_Contextual_Balancing_Failure,
case84:Engineer_A_Competing_Confidentiality_Safety_Code_Provision_Contextual_Balancing,
case84:Engineer_A_Confidentiality_Agreement_Non-Excuse_Safety_Code_Violation_Reporting,
case84:Engineer_A_Ethics_Code_Cross-Provision_Non-Vacuum_Reading_Failure,
case84:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Role_Misapplication_to_Confidentiality_Absolutism,
case84:Engineer_A_Going-Along_After_Client_Safety_Refusal_Independent_Ethical_Violation,
case84:Engineer_A_Occupied_Building_Electrical_Mechanical_Violation_Occupant_Escalation,
case84:Engineer_A_Out-of-Discipline_Electrical_Mechanical_Code_Violation_Public_Authority_Reporting,
case84:Engineer_A_Paramount_Safety_Word_Supremacy_Hierarchy_Non-Recognition,
case84:Engineer_A_Passive_Acquiescence_Independent_Ethical_Failure,
case84:Engineer_A_Passive_Acquiescence_Known_Safety_Violation_Independent_Ethical_Failure,
case84:Engineer_A_Post-Client-Override_Public_Safety_Escalation_Assessment,
case84:Engineer_A_Post-Client-Override_Public_Safety_Escalation_Failure,
case84:Engineer_A_Scope_of_Work_Non-Shield_Electrical_Mechanical_Safety_Disclosure,
case84:Engineer_A_Section_II.1.c._Exception_Clause_Non-Activation_Violation,
case84:Engineer_A_Section_III.4_Client-Transmitted_Confidentiality_Engagement_Recognition,
case84:Engineer_A_Tenant_Occupant_Direct_Notification_Electrical_Mechanical_Violations ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'specialty': 'Structural engineering', 'confidentiality_agreement': True, 'out_of_specialty_discovery': 'Electrical and mechanical code violations', 'action_taken': 'Informed client verbally; noted in report; did not escalate to authorities'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Retained under a confidentiality agreement to assess structural integrity of a 60-year-old occupied apartment building being sold 'as is'; determines the building is structurally sound but learns from the client of electrical and mechanical code violations posing injury risk to occupants; informs the client verbally and notes the conversation briefly in the report but does not report the safety violations to any third party or authority." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:30:37.537826+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:30:37.537826+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'owes_duty_to', 'target': 'Building Occupants'}",
"{'type': 'serves_client', 'target': 'Building Owner Client'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "Confidentiality-Bound Structural Safety Discovering Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is retained to investigate the structural integrity of a 60-year old occupied apartment building" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A does not report the safety violations to any third party",
"Engineer A is retained to investigate the structural integrity of a 60-year old occupied apartment building",
"Engineer A makes a brief mention of his conversation with the client concerning the deficiencies",
"Engineer A performs several structural tests on the building and determines that the building is structurally sound",
"he does realize those deficiencies could cause injury to the occupants of the building and so informs the client",
"the structural report written by Engineer A is to remain confidential" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 84 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:56:58.153312"^^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
2026-03-01T13:30:37.537826+00:00
First case
84
Generated
2026-03-01T13:30:37.537826+00:00
Attributed to
Case 84 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:56:58.153312
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction