Retroactive Disclosure Career Jeopardy State
Class
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http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#RetroactiveDisclosureCareerJeopardyState
Definition
State in which a professional who has withheld personal information (such as a medical condition or disability) throughout their employment history now contemplates voluntary disclosure, where the act of disclosure itself — rather than the underlying condition — creates a risk of adverse professional consequences, including employer bias, career limitation, or termination, because the disclosure reveals the prior non-disclosure and may be interpreted as a breach of trust or deceptive conduct, even if the original non-disclosure was legally and ethically permissible.
Properties
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Definition
State in which a professional who has withheld personal information (such as a medical condition or disability) throughout their employment history now contemplates voluntary disclosure, where the act of disclosure itself — rather than the underlying condition — creates a risk of adverse professional consequences, including employer bias, career limitation, or termination, because the disclosure reveals the prior non-disclosure and may be interpreted as a breach of trust or deceptive conduct, even if the original non-disclosure was legally and ethically permissible.
Scope Note
[proethica-intermediate-extended] State in which a professional has made a legally or ethically permissible choice not to disclose information that would have been prudent to disclose — such as prior exam failures or past difficulties — and that non-disclosure, while not constituting an ethical violation, has created a materially weakened professional and relational position with the employer, such that if the undisclosed risk materializes (e.g., another exam failure), the professional faces amplified consequences including potential employment termination without the goodwill or negotiating position that full prior disclosure would have established.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A would like to be open about his autism, but because Engineer A obtained his employment without disclosing his autism, Engineer A is concerned that doing so might place his career in jeopardy
TTL
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rdfs:comment "State in which a professional who has withheld personal information (such as a medical condition or disability) throughout their employment history now contemplates voluntary disclosure, where the act of disclosure itself — rather than the underlying condition — creates a risk of adverse professional consequences, including employer bias, career limitation, or termination, because the disclosure reveals the prior non-disclosure and may be interpreted as a breach of trust or deceptive conduct, even if the original non-disclosure was legally and ethically permissible." ;
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Metadata
Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
adf760eed1e78df3...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
146
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-27T07:38:08.947771+00:00
First Discovered In Case
146
Generated
2026-02-27T07:38:08.947771+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 146 Extraction