BER 82-5 Engineer Whistleblower Personal Conscience Right
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/139#BER_82-5_Engineer_Whistleblower_Personal_Conscience_Right
Properties
Instance of
ProfessionalObligationBoundaryDeterminationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ProfessionalObligationBoundaryDeterminationState
Active period
From employer's rejection of the engineer's reports through the engineer's decision on further action
Affected parties
Employer (defense industry firm)
Engineer (BER 82-5)
Public (as funders of defense expenditure)
Subcontractors
Confidence
0.85
Importance
medium
Subject
Defense industry engineer who reported excessive subcontractor costs and time delays — determining whether continued internal campaign or external disclosure constitutes ethical obligation vs. personal conscience right
Terminated by
Engineer's decision to continue or cease the internal campaign
Triggering event
Employer's rejection of engineer's reports on excessive subcontractor costs and time delays
Urgency level
low
Source Evidence
Source text
the engineer did not have an ethical obligation to continue his efforts to secure a change in the policy after his employer rejected his reports
Text references
had an ethical right to do so as a matter of personal conscience
if an engineer feels strongly that an employer's course of conduct is improper when related to public concerns... he may well have to pay the price of loss of employment
the engineer did not have an ethical obligation to continue his efforts to secure a change in the policy after his employer rejected his reports
the ethical duty or right of the engineer became a matter of personal conscience
TTL
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case139:BER_82-5_Engineer_Whistleblower_Personal_Conscience_Right a proeth:ProfessionalObligationBoundaryDeterminationState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "BER 82-5 Engineer Whistleblower Personal Conscience Right" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From employer's rejection of the engineer's reports through the engineer's decision on further action" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Employer (defense industry firm)",
"Engineer (BER 82-5)",
"Public (as funders of defense expenditure)",
"Subcontractors" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.85" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "139" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T10:39:56.265940+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "139" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T10:39:56.265940+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the engineer did not have an ethical obligation to continue his efforts to secure a change in the policy after his employer rejected his reports" ;
proeth:stateclass "Professional Obligation Boundary Determination State" ;
proeth:subject "Defense industry engineer who reported excessive subcontractor costs and time delays — determining whether continued internal campaign or external disclosure constitutes ethical obligation vs. personal conscience right" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Engineer's decision to continue or cease the internal campaign" ;
proeth:textreferences "had an ethical right to do so as a matter of personal conscience",
"if an engineer feels strongly that an employer's course of conduct is improper when related to public concerns... he may well have to pay the price of loss of employment",
"the engineer did not have an ethical obligation to continue his efforts to secure a change in the policy after his employer rejected his reports",
"the ethical duty or right of the engineer became a matter of personal conscience" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Employer's rejection of engineer's reports on excessive subcontractor costs and time delays" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "low" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 139 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T11:01:04.756396"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 139 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
139
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T10:39:56.265940+00:00
First case
139
Generated
2026-02-28T10:39:56.265940+00:00
Attributed to
Case 139 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T11:01:04.756396
Generated by
ProEthica Case 139 Extraction