Engineer-Initiated Third-Party Disclosure Prejudicing Client Bargaining State
Class
ed1d714d
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Engineer-InitiatedThird-PartyDisclosurePrejudicingClientBargainingState
Definition
State in which an engineer, without client authorization and absent any safety or legal justification, proactively discloses a professional report to a third party whose receipt of that report materially weakens the client's negotiating or bargaining position in a transaction, creating a condition where the engineer's unilateral disclosure decision conflicts with faithful agent duties and the client's reasonable expectation of information control.
Properties
Subclass of
Definition
State in which an engineer, without client authorization and absent any safety or legal justification, proactively discloses a professional report to a third party whose receipt of that report materially weakens the client's negotiating or bargaining position in a transaction, creating a condition where the engineer's unilateral disclosure decision conflicts with faithful agent duties and the client's reasonable expectation of information control.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] State in which an engineer discloses a professional report or findings to a third party who was not party to the service agreement and whose receipt of the report prejudices the client's interests, without the client's prior consent, constituting an ethical violation of the client's confidentiality right.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A submitted his report to the client showing that a carbon copy was sent to the real estate firm handling the sale of the residence
TTL
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rdfs:label "Engineer-Initiated Third-Party Disclosure Prejudicing Client Bargaining State" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which an engineer, without client authorization and absent any safety or legal justification, proactively discloses a professional report to a third party whose receipt of that report materially weakens the client's negotiating or bargaining position in a transaction, creating a condition where the engineer's unilateral disclosure decision conflicts with faithful agent duties and the client's reasonable expectation of information control." ;
rdfs:subClassOf <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#State> .
Metadata
Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
ed1d714d6db6e5fe...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
97
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T19:18:00.941480+00:00
First Discovered In Case
97
Generated
2026-03-01T19:18:00.941480+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 97 Extraction