Incidental Observation Disclosure Obligation Partially Satisfied By Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/100#Incidental_Observation_Disclosure_Obligation_Partially_Satisfied_By_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
IncidentalObservationDisclosureObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#IncidentalObservationDisclosureObligation
Applied to
Failure to escalate to other authorities
Omission from final written report
Verbal report of wall defect to VWX
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Scope-Bounded Public Safety Obligation Principle
Concrete expression
Engineer A partially satisfied the incidental observation disclosure obligation by verbally reporting the wall defect to VWX, but failed to complete the obligation by allowing the finding to be suppressed from written documentation and declining to escalate to other authorities.
Confidence
0.89
Importance
high
Interpretation
Verbal disclosure to the immediate client satisfies the minimum threshold of the incidental observation disclosure obligation, but does not discharge it when the client suppresses the finding and a confirmed fatality is involved.
Invoked by
Engineer A Bridge Sub-Consultant Inspector
Tension resolution
Partial satisfaction of the disclosure obligation is insufficient when the client suppresses the finding; full discharge requires written documentation and escalation if suppressed.
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A verbally reports this information to his client, which then verbally reports the information to the public agency.
Text references
Engineer A does not report this information to any other public agency or authority.
Engineer A states that he will retain the information from his engineering notes but not include it in the final report, as requested.
Engineer A verbally reports this information to his client, which then verbally reports the information to the public agency.
TTL
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case100:Incidental_Observation_Disclosure_Obligation_Partially_Satisfied_By_Engineer_A a proeth:IncidentalObservationDisclosureObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Incidental Observation Disclosure Obligation Partially Satisfied By Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Failure to escalate to other authorities",
"Omission from final written report",
"Verbal report of wall defect to VWX" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Scope-Bounded Public Safety Obligation Principle" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A partially satisfied the incidental observation disclosure obligation by verbally reporting the wall defect to VWX, but failed to complete the obligation by allowing the finding to be suppressed from written documentation and declining to escalate to other authorities." ;
proeth:confidence "0.89" ;
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 "Verbal disclosure to the immediate client satisfies the minimum threshold of the incidental observation disclosure obligation, but does not discharge it when the client suppresses the finding and a confirmed fatality is involved." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Bridge Sub-Consultant Inspector" ;
proeth:principleclass "Incidental Observation Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A verbally reports this information to his client, which then verbally reports the information to the public agency." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Partial satisfaction of the disclosure obligation is insufficient when the client suppresses the finding; full discharge requires written documentation and escalation if suppressed." ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A does not report this information to any other public agency or authority.",
"Engineer A states that he will retain the information from his engineering notes but not include it in the final report, as requested.",
"Engineer A verbally reports this information to his client, which then verbally reports the information to the public agency." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 100 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:56.180166"^^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
2026-03-01T08:48:56.180166
Generated by
ProEthica Case 100 Extraction