DP3
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2660811e
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/113#DP3
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Decision Point Id
DP3
Decision Question
Should Engineers A and B proceed with the final extreme landfill design as directed by the town council, refuse the assignment if their professional judgment finds the cumulative risk unacceptable, or escalate their safety concerns to the relevant state environmental regulatory authority?
Focus
Engineers A and B face a structural ethical escalation decision: after the town council repeatedly rejected safer landfill redesigns and directed them toward the simultaneous application of minimum setbacks and maximum allowable slopes, must they proceed with the final extreme design, refuse the assignment, or escalate concerns to a regulatory authority beyond the client?
Option1
Submit the final extreme design as directed by the town council, but accompany it with formal written documentation explicitly identifying the residual methane migration and groundwater contamination risks of the simultaneous minimum-setback/maximum-slope configuration, ensuring the council's acceptance is fully informed.
Option2
Decline to prepare any design that simultaneously applies minimum setbacks and maximum allowable slopes, advising the town council that no configuration within those combined parameters can adequately protect adjacent property owners and groundwater, and offering to continue only if at least one extreme parameter is relaxed.
Option3
Notify the relevant state environmental regulatory authority that the specific cumulative risk profile of the accepted design — combining both extreme parameters simultaneously — may not have been before the regulator when it approved general design standards, and request regulatory review of the particular configuration before finalizing the submission.
Role Label
Engineers A and B
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2660811ec9737587...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
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ProEthica Case 113 Extraction