Review Engineer A Confidentiality Non-Override of Public Safety BER 96-8
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/93#Review_Engineer_A_Confidentiality_Non-Override_of_Public_Safety_BER_96-8
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityScopeLimitationforPublicDangerDisclosureObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityScopeLimitationforPublicDangerDisclosureObligation
Case context
Review Engineer A had signed a confidentiality agreement as part of the peer review program but discovered potential safety code violations in Engineer B's work that could endanger the public.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Review Engineer A (BER Case 96-8)
Obligation statement
Review Engineer A's confidentiality agreement as peer reviewer did not override the obligation to disclose Engineer B's safety code violations to proper authorities when those violations posed a genuine danger to public health, safety, and welfare; the confidentiality obligation became secondary to the public safety obligation.
Temporal scope
Upon determination that Engineer B's work posed a genuine public safety risk
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
BER 96-8 Peer Review Safety Violation Discovery
Source Evidence
Source text
the Board also disposed of the confidentiality issue, noting that if in fact there was truly a violation that posed a serious danger to the public health and safety, the confidentiality issue would become a secondary matter
Text references
the Board also disposed of the confidentiality issue, noting that if in fact there was truly a violation that posed a serious danger to the public health and safety, the confidentiality issue would become a secondary matter
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
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proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case93:BER_96-8_Peer_Review_Safety_Violation_Discovery ;
proeth:casecontext "Review Engineer A had signed a confidentiality agreement as part of the peer review program but discovered potential safety code violations in Engineer B's work that could endanger the public." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
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case93:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_as_Override_of_Peer_Review_Confidentiality_in_BER_96-8 ;
proeth:discoveredincase "93" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "93" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T15:18:26.612618+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Review Engineer A (BER Case 96-8)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Confidentiality Scope Limitation for Public Danger Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Review Engineer A's confidentiality agreement as peer reviewer did not override the obligation to disclose Engineer B's safety code violations to proper authorities when those violations posed a genuine danger to public health, safety, and welfare; the confidentiality obligation became secondary to the public safety obligation." ;
proeth:sourcetext "the Board also disposed of the confidentiality issue, noting that if in fact there was truly a violation that posed a serious danger to the public health and safety, the confidentiality issue would become a secondary matter" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon determination that Engineer B's work posed a genuine public safety risk" ;
proeth:textreferences "the Board also disposed of the confidentiality issue, noting that if in fact there was truly a violation that posed a serious danger to the public health and safety, the confidentiality issue would become a secondary matter" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 93 Extraction" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
93
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T15:18:26.612618+00:00
First case
93
Generated
2026-02-28T15:18:26.612618+00:00
Attributed to
Case 93 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T15:27:04.023356
Generated by
ProEthica Case 93 Extraction