BER 92-6 Engineer B Business Relationship Safety Suppression
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/137#BER_92-6_Engineer_B_Business_Relationship_Safety_Suppression
Properties
Instance of
Business-RelationshipPreservationDisplacingSafetyReportingState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Business-RelationshipPreservationDisplacingSafetyReportingState
Active period
From the point Engineer B directed Technician A to only document samples through Engineer B's vague communication to the client
Affected parties
Client
Engineer B
General public
Technician A
Workers
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer B's handling of suspected hazardous drum contents on client property
Terminated by
Client independently arranged removal through another firm (though without proper regulatory process being confirmed)
Triggering event
Engineer B's decision to communicate only 'questionable material' presence rather than explicitly recommending analysis and regulatory compliance, motivated by the client's other business with the firm
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
since the client did other business with the firm, Engineer B would tell the client where the drums were located but would do nothing else
Text references
Engineer B informed the client of the presence of drums containing 'questionable material' and suggested that they be removed
Engineer B's primary concern was not so much maintaining the client's confidentiality as it was in maintaining good business relations with a client
since the client did other business with the firm, Engineer B would tell the client where the drums were located but would do nothing else
this subterfuge is wholly inconsistent with the spirit and intent of the NSPE Code of Ethics
TTL
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case137:BER_92-6_Engineer_B_Business_Relationship_Safety_Suppression a proeth:Business-RelationshipPreservationDisplacingSafetyReportingState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "BER 92-6 Engineer B Business Relationship Safety Suppression" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From the point Engineer B directed Technician A to only document samples through Engineer B's vague communication to the client" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Client",
"Engineer B",
"General public",
"Technician A",
"Workers" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "137" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T05:18:54.177556+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "137" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T05:18:54.177556+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "since the client did other business with the firm, Engineer B would tell the client where the drums were located but would do nothing else" ;
proeth:stateclass "Business-Relationship Preservation Displacing Safety Reporting State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer B's handling of suspected hazardous drum contents on client property" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Client independently arranged removal through another firm (though without proper regulatory process being confirmed)" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B informed the client of the presence of drums containing 'questionable material' and suggested that they be removed",
"Engineer B's primary concern was not so much maintaining the client's confidentiality as it was in maintaining good business relations with a client",
"since the client did other business with the firm, Engineer B would tell the client where the drums were located but would do nothing else",
"this subterfuge is wholly inconsistent with the spirit and intent of the NSPE Code of Ethics" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer B's decision to communicate only 'questionable material' presence rather than explicitly recommending analysis and regulatory compliance, motivated by the client's other business with the firm" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 137 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T05:45:21.951039"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 137 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
137
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T05:18:54.177556+00:00
First case
137
Generated
2026-03-01T05:18:54.177556+00:00
Attributed to
Case 137 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T05:45:21.951039
Generated by
ProEthica Case 137 Extraction