Multi-Authority Escalation Obligation - Engineer A
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/112#Multi-Authority_Escalation_Obligation_-_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
Multi-AuthorityEscalationObligationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Multi-AuthorityEscalationObligationState
Active period
From the point Engineer A determines that existing public authority awareness is insufficient through completion of multi-authority reporting
Affected parties
Engineer A
Federal authorities
General public
Local authorities
State authorities
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's obligation to report to multiple levels of governmental authority to ensure engineering standards are applied
Terminated by
Engineer A's completion of reporting to appropriate local, state, and/or federal authorities and receipt of adequate regulatory response
Triggering event
Public authorities' failure to ensure engineering standards-consistent protection despite awareness of the safety concern
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A has an obligation to further report the situation to appropriate local, state, and/or federal authorities to ensure that relevant engineering standards are consistent with protecting the public health, safety, and welfare.
Text references
Engineer A has an obligation to further report the situation to appropriate local, state, and/or federal authorities to ensure that relevant engineering standards are consistent with protecting the public health, safety, and welfare.
professional engineers must explore the specific affirmative actions to take, to whom the information should be reported, and the responsibility to be honest and truthful in their reporting.
TTL
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case112:Multi-Authority_Escalation_Obligation_-_Engineer_A a proeth:Multi-AuthorityEscalationObligationState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Multi-Authority Escalation Obligation - Engineer A" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From the point Engineer A determines that existing public authority awareness is insufficient through completion of multi-authority reporting" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Engineer A",
"Federal authorities",
"General public",
"Local authorities",
"State authorities" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "112" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T22:22:44.231662+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "112" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T22:22:44.231662+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A has an obligation to further report the situation to appropriate local, state, and/or federal authorities to ensure that relevant engineering standards are consistent with protecting the public health, safety, and welfare." ;
proeth:stateclass "Multi-Authority Escalation Obligation State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's obligation to report to multiple levels of governmental authority to ensure engineering standards are applied" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Engineer A's completion of reporting to appropriate local, state, and/or federal authorities and receipt of adequate regulatory response" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A has an obligation to further report the situation to appropriate local, state, and/or federal authorities to ensure that relevant engineering standards are consistent with protecting the public health, safety, and welfare.",
"professional engineers must explore the specific affirmative actions to take, to whom the information should be reported, and the responsibility to be honest and truthful in their reporting." ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Public authorities' failure to ensure engineering standards-consistent protection despite awareness of the safety concern" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 112 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T22:36:52.843814"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 112 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
112
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T22:22:44.231662+00:00
First case
112
Generated
2026-02-27T22:22:44.231662+00:00
Attributed to
Case 112 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T22:36:52.843814
Generated by
ProEthica Case 112 Extraction