Engineer-Public-Safety-Escalation-Standard-Instance
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/139#Engineer-Public-Safety-Escalation-Standard-Instance
Properties
Instance of
EngineerPublicSafetyEscalationStandard
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#EngineerPublicSafetyEscalationStandard
Confidence
0.87
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review (accumulated through BER case decisions)
Document title
Professional Norms on Engineer Duty to Escalate Public Safety Concerns
Importance
high
Used by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review in determining Engineer A's obligations regarding adjacent construction site hazards
Used in context
The Board applies the professional norm that engineers have a paramount duty to protect public health and safety, while also recognizing limits on that duty when the safety concern falls outside the engineer's professional scope of responsibility
Source Evidence
Source text
The duty to hold paramount the public health, safety, and welfare is among the most basic and fundamental obligations to which an engineer is required to adhere.
Text references
The duty to hold paramount the public health, safety, and welfare is among the most basic and fundamental obligations to which an engineer is required to adhere.
While the obligation is an important and essential one, it is not without some limits with regard to the role of the engineer in society generally.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer-Public-Safety-Escalation-Standard-Instance" ;
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proeth:createdby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review (accumulated through BER case decisions)" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "139" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:documenttitle "Professional Norms on Engineer Duty to Escalate Public Safety Concerns" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T10:39:12.406108+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "139" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T10:39:12.406108+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:resourceclass "Engineer Public Safety Escalation Standard" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The duty to hold paramount the public health, safety, and welfare is among the most basic and fundamental obligations to which an engineer is required to adhere." ;
proeth:textreferences "The duty to hold paramount the public health, safety, and welfare is among the most basic and fundamental obligations to which an engineer is required to adhere.",
"While the obligation is an important and essential one, it is not without some limits with regard to the role of the engineer in society generally." ;
proeth:usedby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review in determining Engineer A's obligations regarding adjacent construction site hazards" ;
proeth:usedincontext "The Board applies the professional norm that engineers have a paramount duty to protect public health and safety, while also recognizing limits on that duty when the safety concern falls outside the engineer's professional scope of responsibility" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 139 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T11:01:04.755446"^^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
2026-02-28T10:39:12.406108+00:00
First case
139
Generated
2026-02-28T10:39:12.406108+00:00
Attributed to
Case 139 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T11:01:04.755446
Generated by
ProEthica Case 139 Extraction