Passive Acquiescence After Safety Notification Independent Ethical Failure By Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Passive_Acquiescence_After_Safety_Notification_Independent_Ethical_Failure_By_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
PassiveAcquiescenceAfterSafetyNotificationasIndependentEthicalFailure
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#PassiveAcquiescenceAfterSafetyNotificationasIndependentEthicalFailure
Applied to
Engineer A's compliance with attorney confidentiality instruction after reporting findings
Balancing with
Confidentiality Principle
Loyalty
Concrete expression
Engineer A reports the structural defect findings to the attorney and then passively complies with the confidentiality instruction; this passive acquiescence after notification constitutes an independent ethical failure beyond any initial disclosure obligation
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
Engineer A did notify the attorney of the findings, but then passively accepted the confidentiality instruction without insisting on remedial action or disclosure to tenants; this passive compliance is itself an independent ethical violation — the paramountcy of public safety requires active insistence, not passive deference
Invoked by
Engineer A Current Case Attorney-Directed Confidentiality-Bound Safety-Discovering Engineer
Tension resolution
Passive acquiescence after safety notification is an independent ethical failure; Engineer A must insist on disclosure or withdraw from the engagement
Source Evidence
Source text
Upon reporting the findings to the attorney, Engineer A is told he must maintain this information as confidential as it is part of a lawsuit. Engineer A complys with the request of the attorney.
Text references
Engineer A complys with the request of the attorney.
Upon reporting the findings to the attorney, Engineer A is told he must maintain this information as confidential as it is part of a lawsuit.
TTL
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case136:Passive_Acquiescence_After_Safety_Notification_Independent_Ethical_Failure_By_Engineer_A a proeth:PassiveAcquiescenceAfterSafetyNotificationasIndependentEthicalFailure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Passive Acquiescence After Safety Notification Independent Ethical Failure By Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's compliance with attorney confidentiality instruction after reporting findings" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Confidentiality Principle",
"Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A reports the structural defect findings to the attorney and then passively complies with the confidentiality instruction; this passive acquiescence after notification constitutes an independent ethical failure beyond any initial disclosure obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:56:48.576232+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:56:48.576232+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Engineer A did notify the attorney of the findings, but then passively accepted the confidentiality instruction without insisting on remedial action or disclosure to tenants; this passive compliance is itself an independent ethical violation — the paramountcy of public safety requires active insistence, not passive deference" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Current Case Attorney-Directed Confidentiality-Bound Safety-Discovering Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Passive Acquiescence After Safety Notification as Independent Ethical Failure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Upon reporting the findings to the attorney, Engineer A is told he must maintain this information as confidential as it is part of a lawsuit. Engineer A complys with the request of the attorney." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Passive acquiescence after safety notification is an independent ethical failure; Engineer A must insist on disclosure or withdraw from the engagement" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A complys with the request of the attorney.",
"Upon reporting the findings to the attorney, Engineer A is told he must maintain this information as confidential as it is part of a lawsuit." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 136 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:14:37.519947"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 136 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
136
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:56:48.576232+00:00
First case
136
Generated
2026-03-01T12:56:48.576232+00:00
Attributed to
Case 136 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:14:37.519947
Generated by
ProEthica Case 136 Extraction