Engineer A Field Notes Wall Defect Non-Alteration
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/100#Engineer_A_Field_Notes_Wall_Defect_Non-Alteration
Properties
Instance of
FieldNotesPreservationNon-AlterationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FieldNotesPreservationNon-AlterationObligation
Case context
Engineer A documented the wall defect observation in his engineering field notes; the public agency (through VWX) instructed that the finding be omitted from the final report; the Board affirmed that field notes must not be altered regardless of client instructions.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (sub-consultant bridge inspector)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated under no circumstances to alter his field notes documenting the wall defect observation, even though the observation was speculative and was appropriately excluded from the formal report.
Temporal scope
Ongoing from the time of the field observation through the conclusion of the engagement
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Field Notes Integrity Preservation — Wall Defect Observation Must Not Be Altered
Source Evidence
Source text
However, under no circumstance would it be appropriate for Engineer A to alter his field notes.
Text references
However, under no circumstance would it be appropriate for Engineer A to alter his field notes.
While it may be appropriate for Engineer A to note such information in his field notes, to place this information in a final report would not be responsible
TTL
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case100:Engineer_A_Field_Notes_Wall_Defect_Non-Alteration a proeth:FieldNotesPreservationNon-AlterationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Field Notes Wall Defect Non-Alteration" ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case100:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Client_Loyalty_Balance_Bridge_Wall_Defect ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A documented the wall defect observation in his engineering field notes; the public agency (through VWX) instructed that the finding be omitted from the final report; the Board affirmed that field notes must not be altered regardless of client instructions." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/100#Field_Notes_Integrity_Preservation_—_Wall_Defect_Observation_Must_Not_Be_Altered> ;
proeth:discoveredincase "100" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:38:18.532149+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "100" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:38:18.532149+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (sub-consultant bridge inspector)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Field Notes Preservation Non-Alteration Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated under no circumstances to alter his field notes documenting the wall defect observation, even though the observation was speculative and was appropriately excluded from the formal report." ;
proeth:sourcetext "However, under no circumstance would it be appropriate for Engineer A to alter his field notes." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Ongoing from the time of the field observation through the conclusion of the engagement" ;
proeth:textreferences "However, under no circumstance would it be appropriate for Engineer A to alter his field notes.",
"While it may be appropriate for Engineer A to note such information in his field notes, to place this information in a final report would not be responsible" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 100 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:56.192532"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 100 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
100
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:38:18.532149+00:00
First case
100
Generated
2026-03-01T08:38:18.532149+00:00
Attributed to
Case 100 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:56.192532
Generated by
ProEthica Case 100 Extraction