Proactive Risk Disclosure Invoked By Principal Engineer R Post-Error Discovery
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/11#Proactive_Risk_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Principal_Engineer_R_Post-Error_Discovery
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
IBM's independent stormwater analysis findings; flooding of adjacent property owners; City C regulatory non-compliance
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Confidentiality
Concrete expression
Upon being confronted with IBM's independent analysis showing stormwater runoff exceedance and the actual flooding experienced by adjacent property owners, Principal Engineer R has an obligation to proactively disclose the identified design deficiency to relevant parties — including the client, the City, and potentially affected property owners — without waiting for formal legal proceedings to compel disclosure
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Interpretation
Proactive disclosure is required because the flooding risk has already materialized and affected third parties; delay in disclosure while awaiting legal resolution would compound harm to affected property owners
Invoked by
Principal Engineer R
Tension resolution
BER Cases 16-7 and 95-5 establish that discovery of error triggers an affirmative obligation to step forward and advise the client; the obligation extends to relevant parties when public welfare is implicated
Source Evidence
Source text
once Engineer A discovered that the data upon which the report was based was inaccurate, there is an affirmative obligation to step forward and advise their client about the inaccurate data and the new conclusions.
Text references
Principal Engineer R should consider obligation III.1a and acknowledge the runoff problem – actual flooding experience and IBM's modeling show the subdivision created an issue
once Engineer A discovered that the data upon which the report was based was inaccurate, there is an affirmative obligation to step forward and advise their client about the inaccurate data and the new conclusions
TTL
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proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Confidentiality" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Upon being confronted with IBM's independent analysis showing stormwater runoff exceedance and the actual flooding experienced by adjacent property owners, Principal Engineer R has an obligation to proactively disclose the identified design deficiency to relevant parties — including the client, the City, and potentially affected property owners — without waiting for formal legal proceedings to compel disclosure" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
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proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Proactive disclosure is required because the flooding risk has already materialized and affected third parties; delay in disclosure while awaiting legal resolution would compound harm to affected property owners" ;
proeth:invokedby "Principal Engineer R" ;
proeth:principleclass "Proactive Risk Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "once Engineer A discovered that the data upon which the report was based was inaccurate, there is an affirmative obligation to step forward and advise their client about the inaccurate data and the new conclusions." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "BER Cases 16-7 and 95-5 establish that discovery of error triggers an affirmative obligation to step forward and advise the client; the obligation extends to relevant parties when public welfare is implicated" ;
proeth:textreferences "Principal Engineer R should consider obligation III.1a and acknowledge the runoff problem – actual flooding experience and IBM's modeling show the subdivision created an issue",
"once Engineer A discovered that the data upon which the report was based was inaccurate, there is an affirmative obligation to step forward and advise their client about the inaccurate data and the new conclusions" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
11
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-24T20:43:59.158392+00:00
First case
11
Generated
2026-02-24T20:43:59.158392+00:00
Attributed to
Case 11 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T20:54:41.759281
Generated by
ProEthica Case 11 Extraction