Engineer A Section II.1.c. Exception Clause Non-Activation Violation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Engineer_A_Section_II.1.c._Exception_Clause_Non-Activation_Violation
Properties
Instance of
SectionII.1.c.Law-or-Code-AuthorizedConfidentialityReleaseObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SectionII.1.c.Law-or-Code-AuthorizedConfidentialityReleaseObligation
Case context
Engineer A treated the confidentiality agreement as absolute and failed to invoke the Code's internal exception clause that would have authorized disclosure of the safety-threatening electrical and mechanical code violations in the occupied apartment building.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize and apply Section II.1.c.'s exception clause, which released him from the confidentiality obligation because the Code itself — through Section I.1.'s paramount safety language and Section II.1.a.'s public safety obligation — authorized and required disclosure of the electrical and mechanical code violations to appropriate public authorities.
Temporal scope
Upon discovery that client would not remediate and building would be sold 'as is' with known code violations
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
Section II.1.c. provides additional guidance in this case making it clear that the Engineer A has an ethical obligation to refrain from disclosing information which he acquires during the course of providing professional services to the client unless first obtaining the client's consent to disclose.
Text references
Importantly, however, this section also includes a relevant exception which allows the engineer to disclose information acquired during the course of providing professional services to the client if such disclosure is authorized or required by law or by the Code.
In other words if the engineer has a legal or ethical responsibility to disclose the information in question, the engineer is released from the obligation to maintain confidentiality.
Section II.1.c. provides additional guidance in this case making it clear that the Engineer A has an ethical obligation to refrain from disclosing information which he acquires during the course of providing professional services to the client unless first obtaining the client's consent to disclose.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Section II.1.c. Exception Clause Non-Activation Violation" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case84:Confidentiality_Instruction_Suppressing_Safety_Report_to_Third_Parties ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case84:Engineer_A_Section_III.4_Client-Transmitted_Confidentiality_Engagement_Recognition ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A treated the confidentiality agreement as absolute and failed to invoke the Code's internal exception clause that would have authorized disclosure of the safety-threatening electrical and mechanical code violations in the occupied apartment building." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case84:Code_Exception_Clause_Activation_Obligation_Failed_By_Engineer_A,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Code_Exception_Clause_Activation_—_Section_II.1.c._Releases_Engineer_A_from_Confidentiality> ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "84" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Section II.1.c. Law-or-Code-Authorized Confidentiality Release Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize and apply Section II.1.c.'s exception clause, which released him from the confidentiality obligation because the Code itself — through Section I.1.'s paramount safety language and Section II.1.a.'s public safety obligation — authorized and required disclosure of the electrical and mechanical code violations to appropriate public authorities." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Section II.1.c. provides additional guidance in this case making it clear that the Engineer A has an ethical obligation to refrain from disclosing information which he acquires during the course of providing professional services to the client unless first obtaining the client's consent to disclose." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon discovery that client would not remediate and building would be sold 'as is' with known code violations" ;
proeth:textreferences "Importantly, however, this section also includes a relevant exception which allows the engineer to disclose information acquired during the course of providing professional services to the client if such disclosure is authorized or required by law or by the Code.",
"In other words if the engineer has a legal or ethical responsibility to disclose the information in question, the engineer is released from the obligation to maintain confidentiality.",
"Section II.1.c. provides additional guidance in this case making it clear that the Engineer A has an ethical obligation to refrain from disclosing information which he acquires during the course of providing professional services to the client unless first obtaining the client's consent to disclose." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 84 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:56:58.175950"^^xsd:dateTime ;
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
84
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T13:47:29.003693+00:00
First case
84
Generated
2026-03-01T13:47:29.003693+00:00
Attributed to
Case 84 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:56:58.175950
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction