Engineer A Section III.4 Client-Transmitted Confidentiality Engagement Recognition
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/84#Engineer_A_Section_III.4_Client-Transmitted_Confidentiality_Engagement_Recognition
Properties
Instance of
SectionIII.4ConfidentialityClient-TransmittedInformationEngagementObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SectionIII.4ConfidentialityClient-TransmittedInformationEngagementObligation
Case context
Client directly disclosed electrical and mechanical code violations to Engineer A during a structural assessment engagement conducted under a confidentiality agreement for a 60-year-old occupied apartment building being sold 'as is'.
Compliance status
partial
Confidence
0.85
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that Section III.4's confidentiality obligation was fully engaged because the electrical and mechanical deficiency information was directly and voluntarily transmitted by the client during the professional engagement, creating a heightened confidentiality expectation that had to be weighed — but not treated as absolute — against the paramount public safety obligation.
Temporal scope
Upon receipt of client-transmitted confidential safety information during the professional engagement
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Appropriate Authority Notification After Client Safety Override Failure, 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, Engineer A Confidentiality Agreement Non-Excuse Safety Code Violation Reporting, Engineer A Faithful Agent Role Misapplication to Confidentiality Absolutism, Engineer A Occupied Building Electrical Mechanical Violation Occupant Escalation, Engineer A Out-of-Discipline Electrical Mechanical Code Violation Public Authority Reporting, Engineer A Passive Acquiescence Known Safety Violation Independent Ethical Failure, Engineer A Post-Client-Override Public Safety Escalation Failure, Engineer A Tenant Occupant Direct Notification Electrical Mechanical Violations
defeasibleUnder
Confidentiality Obligation vs. Occupant Safety Competing Duties, Engineer A Code-Based Confidentiality Exception Activation, Engineer A Confidentiality vs. Public Safety Competing Duties, Engineer A Paramount Safety Obligation Notification Duty, Out-of-Scope Code Violation Disclosure in Occupied Building Sale, Public Safety at Risk from Known Code Violations in Occupied Building
Source Evidence
Source text
In Case 82-2, there was no transmission of confidential information by the client to the engineer. 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
In Case 82-2, there was no transmission of confidential information by the client to the engineer. 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.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Section III.4 Client-Transmitted Confidentiality Engagement Recognition" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case84:Engineer_A_Appropriate_Authority_Notification_After_Client_Safety_Override_Failure,
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,
case84:Engineer_A_Confidentiality_Agreement_Non-Excuse_Safety_Code_Violation_Reporting,
case84:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Role_Misapplication_to_Confidentiality_Absolutism,
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_Passive_Acquiescence_Known_Safety_Violation_Independent_Ethical_Failure,
case84:Engineer_A_Post-Client-Override_Public_Safety_Escalation_Failure,
case84:Engineer_A_Tenant_Occupant_Direct_Notification_Electrical_Mechanical_Violations ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case84:Confidentiality_Obligation_vs._Occupant_Safety_Competing_Duties,
case84:Engineer_A_Code-Based_Confidentiality_Exception_Activation,
case84:Engineer_A_Confidentiality_vs._Public_Safety_Competing_Duties,
case84:Engineer_A_Paramount_Safety_Obligation_Notification_Duty,
case84:Out-of-Scope_Code_Violation_Disclosure_in_Occupied_Building_Sale,
case84:Public_Safety_at_Risk_from_Known_Code_Violations_in_Occupied_Building ;
proeth:casecontext "Client directly disclosed electrical and mechanical code violations to Engineer A during a structural assessment engagement conducted under a confidentiality agreement for a 60-year-old occupied apartment building being sold 'as is'." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "partial" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case84:Confidentiality_Principle_Engaged_by_Client_Transmission_to_Engineer_A,
case84:Confidentiality_Source-of-Information_Distinction_Applied_To_Client_Voluntary_Disclosure ;
proeth:discoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T13:47:29.003693+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "84" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T13:47:29.003693+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Section III.4 Confidentiality Client-Transmitted Information Engagement Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that Section III.4's confidentiality obligation was fully engaged because the electrical and mechanical deficiency information was directly and voluntarily transmitted by the client during the professional engagement, creating a heightened confidentiality expectation that had to be weighed — but not treated as absolute — against the paramount public safety obligation." ;
proeth:sourcetext "In Case 82-2, there was no transmission of confidential information by the client to the engineer. 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:temporalscope "Upon receipt of client-transmitted confidential safety information during the professional engagement" ;
proeth:textreferences "In Case 82-2, there was no transmission of confidential information by the client to the engineer. 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:wasattributedto "Case 84 Extraction" ;
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Metadata
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
2026-03-01T13:56:58.175656
Generated by
ProEthica Case 84 Extraction