The Duty to Report Unsafe Conditions Client Request for Secrecy

Read Case NSPE No 98-9 Duty to report unsafe conditions/client request for secrecy

1. For the Citicorp building, occupants weren’t forced to leave but they did not choose to stay either (in fact they weren’t aware that they had a choice at all). Is that okay with you? Do they have the right to know that building remediation is occurring?
2. Do we as engineers have the right to act as paternalistic decision-makers over one’s safety? Do you see this as different than for example seatbelt or motorcycle helmet laws?