Engineer A Client and Authority Escalation Upon Engineer B Refusal Obligation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/110#Engineer_A_Client_and_Authority_Escalation_Upon_Engineer_B_Refusal_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
Out-of-CompetencePeerCompetencyChallengeandEscalationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Out-of-CompetencePeerCompetencyChallengeandEscalationObligation
Case context
The Board prescribed a conditional escalation path for Engineer A: if Engineer B refused the recommendation to withdraw, Engineer A must escalate to the contractor and authorities, and ultimately withdraw if the concern is not resolved.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.94
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated, if Engineer B refused to withdraw from the structural footing design assignment after direct confrontation, to bring the competence concern to the attention of the contractor-client and to appropriate authorities, and if necessary to withdraw from the project if concerns remained unaddressed.
Temporal scope
Conditionally, upon Engineer B's refusal to withdraw following direct confrontation by Engineer A
Source Evidence
Source text
If Engineer B refuses to acquiesce to Engineer A's recommendation, Engineer A has an obligation under the Code to bring the matter to the attention of his client and to the authorities as appropriate, and if necessary, withdraw from the project if his concerns are not met.
Text references
If Engineer B refuses to acquiesce to Engineer A's recommendation, Engineer A has an obligation under the Code to bring the matter to the attention of his client and to the authorities as appropriate, and if necessary, withdraw from the project if his concerns are not met.
TTL
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case110:Engineer_A_Client_and_Authority_Escalation_Upon_Engineer_B_Refusal_Obligation a proeth:Out-of-CompetencePeerCompetencyChallengeandEscalationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Client and Authority Escalation Upon Engineer B Refusal Obligation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case110:Engineer_A_Direct_Confrontation_of_Engineer_B_Recommending_Withdrawal_Obligation,
case110:Engineer_A_Project_Withdrawal_If_Competence_Concerns_Unmet_Obligation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case110:Engineer_A_Peer_Competence_Challenge_Reporting_Obligation_Activated ;
proeth:casecontext "The Board prescribed a conditional escalation path for Engineer A: if Engineer B refused the recommendation to withdraw, Engineer A must escalate to the contractor and authorities, and ultimately withdraw if the concern is not resolved." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.94" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case110:Engineering_Self-Policing_Obligation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Reporting_to_Contractor,
case110:Peer_Competence_Confrontation_Before_Authority_Escalation_Sequencing_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Obligations ;
proeth:discoveredincase "110" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T10:19:49.626913+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "110" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T10:19:49.626913+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Out-of-Competence Peer Competency Challenge and Escalation Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated, if Engineer B refused to withdraw from the structural footing design assignment after direct confrontation, to bring the competence concern to the attention of the contractor-client and to appropriate authorities, and if necessary to withdraw from the project if concerns remained unaddressed." ;
proeth:sourcetext "If Engineer B refuses to acquiesce to Engineer A's recommendation, Engineer A has an obligation under the Code to bring the matter to the attention of his client and to the authorities as appropriate, and if necessary, withdraw from the project if his concerns are not met." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Conditionally, upon Engineer B's refusal to withdraw following direct confrontation by Engineer A" ;
proeth:textreferences "If Engineer B refuses to acquiesce to Engineer A's recommendation, Engineer A has an obligation under the Code to bring the matter to the attention of his client and to the authorities as appropriate, and if necessary, withdraw from the project if his concerns are not met." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 110 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T10:30:44.205099"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 110 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
110
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T10:19:49.626913+00:00
First case
110
Generated
2026-03-01T10:19:49.626913+00:00
Attributed to
Case 110 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T10:30:44.205099
Generated by
ProEthica Case 110 Extraction