DP5
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/109#DP5
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Decision Point Id
DP5
Decision Question
Should Engineer A have proactively disclosed the arms storage competence gap to supervisors upon accepting the Division Chief role — before any formal certification request was made — or was it ethically sufficient to wait until the request arrived and refuse at that point?
Focus
Engineer A must decide whether the competence obligation was triggered at the moment the certification was formally requested or at the earlier moment of accepting the Division Chief role — and whether proactive pre-request disclosure of the competence gap to supervisors was ethically required, rather than waiting to refuse when the request arrived.
Option1
Upon accepting the Division Chief role, proactively notify supervisors and the Army official of the competence gap in Army physical security, arms, ammunition, and explosives regulations — before any formal certification request is made — so that the institution can arrange for a qualified expert in advance and Engineer A can negotiate explicit competence-bounded role terms.
Option2
Accept the Division Chief role without proactive disclosure of the competence gap, on the grounds that the obligation to surface a competence limitation is triggered only by a concrete certification demand — and that premature disclosure of a hypothetical gap before any request is made would be organizationally disruptive and potentially unnecessary if the certification demand never materializes.
Option3
Decline the Division Chief appointment on the grounds that the role foreseeably encompasses arms storage certification demands that exceed Engineer A's competence and cannot be reliably excluded or reassigned — following the BER 85-3 reasoning that where out-of-competence demands are a core and foreseeable function of the role, the engineer should decline the appointment rather than accept and later refuse specific tasks.
Role Label
Engineer A
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2026-03-08 16:29
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ProEthica Case 109 Extraction