Publication: Responsibility for Public Safety and the Obligation of Client Confidentiality (adapted from NSPE Case No. 90-5)
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Online Ethics Center
Abstract
Tenants sue their building's owner, and the owner employs an engineer who finds structural defects not mentioned in the tenants' lawsuit. Issues of public safety versus client confidentiality.
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Open-ended scenario
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Confidentiality, Engineer/Client Relationships, Ethics and Society, Public Well-Being, Research and Practice, Risk, Safety, Social Justice, Social Responsibility, Workplace Ethics