Verbal-Only Safety Advisory Without Written Record State
Class
ec8c9c89
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Verbal-OnlySafetyAdvisoryWithoutWrittenRecordState
Definition
State in which a professional engineer has communicated safety findings or standards-violation concerns to a client verbally but has been explicitly prohibited from producing a written report documenting those findings — leaving no formal engineering instrument of service on record, and creating a gap between the engineer's fulfilled verbal duty and the absent evidentiary record needed to protect the public and regulatory authorities.
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Subclass of
Definition
State in which a professional engineer has communicated safety findings or standards-violation concerns to a client verbally but has been explicitly prohibited from producing a written report documenting those findings — leaving no formal engineering instrument of service on record, and creating a gap between the engineer's fulfilled verbal duty and the absent evidentiary record needed to protect the public and regulatory authorities.
Scope Note
[Case 132] State in which an engineer has communicated a safety advisory or recommendation verbally (in person or by telephone) without creating a written record, leaving the professional's fulfillment of safety notification obligations undocumented and potentially unverifiable.
[proethica-intermediate-extended] State in which a client, attorney, or retaining party has explicitly instructed a professional engineer to withhold, suppress, or not prepare a written report documenting findings that constitute a risk to public health, safety, or welfare — creating direct tension between the confidentiality or loyalty obligation to the instructing party and the paramount professional obligation to protect the public through disclosure to appropriate authorities.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Doe has reason to question why the corporation specifically stipulates that he not render a written report
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
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Class
Content Hash
ec8c9c892df9d2af...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
['72', '132']
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-02-26T11:56:02.471819+00:00
First Discovered In Case
72
Generated
2026-02-26T11:56:02.471819+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 72 Extraction