Client Report Suppression Prohibition Violated By Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/100#Client_Report_Suppression_Prohibition_Violated_By_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
ClientReportSuppressionProhibition
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClientReportSuppressionProhibition
Applied to
Final bridge inspection report
Wall defect finding linked to fatal accident
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Scope-Bounded Public Safety Obligation Principle
Concrete expression
The public agency's instruction (relayed through VWX) to Engineer A to omit the wall defect finding from the final report constitutes a client directive to suppress a safety-relevant professional finding; Engineer A's compliance with this instruction violates the prohibition on acquiescing to such directives.
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
The prohibition applies regardless of scope limitations; the client's authority to direct the scope of work does not extend to directing suppression of safety-relevant findings that have already been made.
Invoked by
Engineer A Bridge Sub-Consultant Inspector
Prime Consultant Bridge Project
Public Agency Bridge Overhaul Client
Tension resolution
Client suppression authority does not extend to safety-relevant findings; Engineer A should have insisted on written documentation or escalated to other authorities.
Source Evidence
Source text
asks Engineer A not to include this additional information in his final report since it was not part of his scope of work.
Text references
Engineer A states that he will retain the information from his engineering notes but not include it in the final report, as requested.
asks Engineer A not to include this additional information in his final report since it was not part of his scope of work
TTL
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case100:Client_Report_Suppression_Prohibition_Violated_By_Engineer_A a proeth:ClientReportSuppressionProhibition,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Client Report Suppression Prohibition Violated By Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Final bridge inspection report",
"Wall defect finding linked to fatal accident" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Scope-Bounded Public Safety Obligation Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The public agency's instruction (relayed through VWX) to Engineer A to omit the wall defect finding from the final report constitutes a client directive to suppress a safety-relevant professional finding; Engineer A's compliance with this instruction violates the prohibition on acquiescing to such directives." ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "100" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:27:00.186564+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "100" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:27:00.186564+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The prohibition applies regardless of scope limitations; the client's authority to direct the scope of work does not extend to directing suppression of safety-relevant findings that have already been made." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Bridge Sub-Consultant Inspector",
"Prime Consultant Bridge Project",
"Public Agency Bridge Overhaul Client" ;
proeth:principleclass "Client Report Suppression Prohibition" ;
proeth:sourcetext "asks Engineer A not to include this additional information in his final report since it was not part of his scope of work." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Client suppression authority does not extend to safety-relevant findings; Engineer A should have insisted on written documentation or escalated to other authorities." ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A states that he will retain the information from his engineering notes but not include it in the final report, as requested.",
"asks Engineer A not to include this additional information in his final report since it was not part of his scope of work" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 100 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:56.174312"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 100 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
100
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:27:00.186564+00:00
First case
100
Generated
2026-03-01T08:27:00.186564+00:00
Attributed to
Case 100 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:56.174312
Generated by
ProEthica Case 100 Extraction