Engineer A Wetland Confidentiality Limits
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/86#Engineer_A_Wetland_Confidentiality_Limits
Definition
Engineer A's confidentiality obligations arising from the wetland delineation engagement did not extend to concealing the client's substantial violations of federal and state wetland laws, and the duty to report those violations to appropriate authorities overrode any residual confidentiality interest.
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityLimitsPublicLawObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityLimitsPublicLawObligation
Case context
Engineer A held information about the client's wetland site from the prior engagement. The Board distinguished this case from BER Case 89-7 in part because the present violation was a matter of established fact and implicated federal and state law.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.89
Obligation statement
Engineer A's confidentiality obligations arising from the wetland delineation engagement did not extend to concealing the client's substantial violations of federal and state wetland laws, and the duty to report those violations to appropriate authorities overrode any residual confidentiality interest.
Temporal scope
Upon discovery of the unpermitted fill and throughout any subsequent reporting process
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Synthesis Literal
caseContext
complianceStatus
confidence
obligationClass
obligationStatement
temporalScope
textReferences
Relationships
obligatedParty
Agent Engineer A
prevailsOver
Engineer A Faithful Agent Limits Wetl and
derivedFromPrinciple
Engineer A Client Confidentiality Limits
Source Evidence
Text references
If appropriate steps are not taken by the client, the engineer would have an obligation to bring this matter to the attention of the appropriate authorities.
The Board can easily distinguish BER Case Nos. 89-7 and 97-13 from the present case.
Source text
The Board can easily distinguish BER Case Nos. 89-7 and 97-13 from the present case.
TTL
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proeth:caseContext "Engineer A held information about the client's wetland site from the prior engagement. The Board distinguished this case from BER Case 89-7 in part because the present violation was a matter of established fact and implicated federal and state law." ;
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proeth:obligationStatement "Engineer A's confidentiality obligations arising from the wetland delineation engagement did not extend to concealing the client's substantial violations of federal and state wetland laws, and the duty to report those violations to appropriate authorities overrode any residual confidentiality interest." ;
proeth:temporalScope "Upon discovery of the unpermitted fill and throughout any subsequent reporting process" ;
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"The Board can easily distinguish BER Case Nos. 89-7 and 97-13 from the present case." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
86
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-06-04T17:34:19.889581+00:00
First case
86
Generated
2026-06-04T17:34:19.889581+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 86 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']
Generated by
ProEthica Case 86 Extraction