Home Inspection Confidentiality Violating Engineer
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#HomeInspectionConfidentialityViolatingEngineer
Definition
A licensed professional engineering role in which an engineer offers residential home inspection services to prospective property purchasers, prepares a written inspection report for the client, and then discloses that report to a third party (such as the real estate firm representing the seller) without the client's prior consent — thereby violating the client's right of confidentiality and prejudicing the client's bargaining position, even in the absence of any ulterior motive.
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A licensed professional engineering role in which an engineer offers residential home inspection services to prospective property purchasers, prepares a written inspection report for the client, and then discloses that report to a third party (such as the real estate firm representing the seller) without the client's prior consent — thereby violating the client's right of confidentiality and prejudicing the client's bargaining position, even in the absence of any ulterior motive.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A offered home inspection services, whereby Engineer A undertook to perform an engineering inspection of residences by prospective purchasers
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rdfs:comment "A licensed professional engineering role in which an engineer offers residential home inspection services to prospective property purchasers, prepares a written inspection report for the client, and then discloses that report to a third party (such as the real estate firm representing the seller) without the client's prior consent — thereby violating the client's right of confidentiality and prejudicing the client's bargaining position, even in the absence of any ulterior motive." ;
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Content Hash
e9531cea82d68448...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
136
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T12:53:54.922882+00:00
First Discovered In Case
136
Generated
2026-03-01T12:53:54.922882+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 136 Extraction