Engineer A Wall Defect Verbal Report to VWX Prime Consultant
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/100#Engineer_A_Wall_Defect_Verbal_Report_to_VWX_Prime_Consultant
Properties
Instance of
Sub-ConsultantPrimeConsultantDeferenceVerbalEscalationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Sub-ConsultantPrimeConsultantDeferenceVerbalEscalationObligation
Case context
Engineer A was retained by VWX as a sub-consultant for pavement damage inspection; he observed an out-of-scope wall defect potentially linked to a fatal accident; VWX was the prime consultant with overall project responsibility and superior contextual knowledge.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A (sub-consultant bridge inspector)
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to verbally report the wall defect observation to VWX (the prime consultant) rather than directly to the public agency or external authorities, because VWX, bearing overall project responsibility, was in a far better position to understand the interrelationships among project elements and to make an informed evaluation.
Temporal scope
Upon observation of the wall defect during the inspection engagement
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
Clearly the prime consultant, which has overall responsibility for the project, is in a far better position than Engineer A to understand the interrelationships between various elements of the projects, including the history of previous work performed on the bridge, prior consultants, contractors, etc., in order to make an informed evaluation.
Text references
Clearly the prime consultant, which has overall responsibility for the project, is in a far better position than Engineer A to understand the interrelationships between various elements of the projects, including the history of previous work performed on the bridge, prior consultants, contractors, etc., in order to make an informed evaluation.
Therefore, the Board concludes that Engineer A did the appropriate thing in coming forward to his client with the information
while it might be appropriate for Engineer A to verbally report this information to Engineer A's client, and for the client to report this information to the public agency
TTL
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case100:Engineer_A_Wall_Defect_Verbal_Report_to_VWX_Prime_Consultant a proeth:Sub-ConsultantPrimeConsultantDeferenceVerbalEscalationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Wall Defect Verbal Report to VWX Prime Consultant" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case100:Sub-Consultant_Independent_Escalation_Engineer_A_Post-Suppression_Bridge_Wall ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case100:Engineer_A_No_External_Escalation_After_Suppression,
case100:Prime_Consultant_Superior_Contextual_Knowledge_Over_Subconsultant_Engineer_A ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A was retained by VWX as a sub-consultant for pavement damage inspection; he observed an out-of-scope wall defect potentially linked to a fatal accident; VWX was the prime consultant with overall project responsibility and superior contextual knowledge." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/100#Prime_Consultant_Contextual_Superiority_Deference_—_Sub-Consultant_Reports_to_Prime_Before_Escalating> ;
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 "Sub-Consultant Prime Consultant Deference Verbal Escalation Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to verbally report the wall defect observation to VWX (the prime consultant) rather than directly to the public agency or external authorities, because VWX, bearing overall project responsibility, was in a far better position to understand the interrelationships among project elements and to make an informed evaluation." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Clearly the prime consultant, which has overall responsibility for the project, is in a far better position than Engineer A to understand the interrelationships between various elements of the projects, including the history of previous work performed on the bridge, prior consultants, contractors, etc., in order to make an informed evaluation." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon observation of the wall defect during the inspection engagement" ;
proeth:textreferences "Clearly the prime consultant, which has overall responsibility for the project, is in a far better position than Engineer A to understand the interrelationships between various elements of the projects, including the history of previous work performed on the bridge, prior consultants, contractors, etc., in order to make an informed evaluation.",
"Therefore, the Board concludes that Engineer A did the appropriate thing in coming forward to his client with the information",
"while it might be appropriate for Engineer A to verbally report this information to Engineer A's client, and for the client to report this information to the public agency" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 100 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:56.192680"^^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
2026-03-01T08:48:56.192680
Generated by
ProEthica Case 100 Extraction