Client-Directed Confidentiality Instruction Voluntarily Overridden by Engineer State
Class
2fed0246
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Client-DirectedConfidentialityInstructionVoluntarilyOverriddenbyEngineerState
Definition
State in which an engineer has received an explicit client instruction to maintain confidentiality about a new engagement from an incumbent professional, but the engineer independently chooses to disclose the relationship and preliminary review results to the affected incumbent prior to any contractual obligation to do so — creating a condition where the engineer's professional courtesy and transparency obligations are fulfilled at the cost of partial non-compliance with client instructions, and where the ethical permissibility of the override must be evaluated against faithful agent duties.
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Definition
State in which an engineer has received an explicit client instruction to maintain confidentiality about a new engagement from an incumbent professional, but the engineer independently chooses to disclose the relationship and preliminary review results to the affected incumbent prior to any contractual obligation to do so — creating a condition where the engineer's professional courtesy and transparency obligations are fulfilled at the cost of partial non-compliance with client instructions, and where the ethical permissibility of the override must be evaluated against faithful agent duties.
Source Evidence
Source Text
franchiser specifically tells Engineer B not to disclose to Engineer A, Engineer B's relationship with franchiser
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Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
2fed02467bfc7a62...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
126
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T10:10:06.474850+00:00
First Discovered In Case
126
Generated
2026-03-01T10:10:06.474850+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 126 Extraction