Engineer A Out-of-Scope Adjacent Safety Observer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/139#Engineer_A_Out-of-Scope_Adjacent_Safety_Observer
Definition
Engineer A is performing construction observation services for Client X through ES Consulting and observes potential safety issues on an adjacent construction project with which Engineer A, ES Consulting, and Client X have no contractual relationship. The Board rules that Engineer A bears no mandatory ethical duty to take immediate direct action but may exercise personal judgment to bring the matter to superiors.
Properties
Instance of
Scope-LimitedSub-ConsultantEngineerwithIncidentalSafetyObservation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Scope-LimitedSub-ConsultantEngineerwithIncidentalSafetyObservation
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer (implied) |
| scope | Construction observation for Client X |
| adjacent_relationship | None — no contractual or professional relationship with adjacent property owner |
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | adjacent_observer |
| target | Adjacent Third-Party Property Owner Stakeholder |
| type | client |
| target | Client X |
| type | employer |
| target | ES Consulting |
Role category
public_responsibility
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A's recognition of potential safety issues in connection with the adjacent construction project
Text references
Engineer A's recognition of potential safety issues in connection with the adjacent construction project
bringing the matter to the attention of Engineer A's superiors in ES Consulting and Client X
the unsafe condition observed by Engineer A is not within the professional scope of responsibility of Engineer A
this is a personal judgment and does not constitute an ethical obligation that can be imposed on Engineer A to take immediate or direct action
TTL
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case139:Engineer_A_Out-of-Scope_Adjacent_Safety_Observer a proeth:Scope-LimitedSub-ConsultantEngineerwithIncidentalSafetyObservation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Out-of-Scope Adjacent Safety Observer" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case139:Scope-Bounded_Public_Safety_Obligation_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Adjacent_Observation ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case139:Engineer_A_Out-of-Scope_Adjacent_Safety_Observation_Non-Mandatory_Response ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer (implied)', 'scope': 'Construction observation for Client X', 'adjacent_relationship': 'None — no contractual or professional relationship with adjacent property owner'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Engineer A is performing construction observation services for Client X through ES Consulting and observes potential safety issues on an adjacent construction project with which Engineer A, ES Consulting, and Client X have no contractual relationship. The Board rules that Engineer A bears no mandatory ethical duty to take immediate direct action but may exercise personal judgment to bring the matter to superiors." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "139" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T10:39:59.815996+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "139" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T10:39:59.815996+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'adjacent_observer', 'target': 'Adjacent Third-Party Property Owner Stakeholder'}",
"{'type': 'client', 'target': 'Client X'}",
"{'type': 'employer', 'target': 'ES Consulting'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "Scope-Limited Sub-Consultant Engineer with Incidental Safety Observation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A's recognition of potential safety issues in connection with the adjacent construction project" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A's recognition of potential safety issues in connection with the adjacent construction project",
"bringing the matter to the attention of Engineer A's superiors in ES Consulting and Client X",
"the unsafe condition observed by Engineer A is not within the professional scope of responsibility of Engineer A",
"this is a personal judgment and does not constitute an ethical obligation that can be imposed on Engineer A to take immediate or direct action" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 139 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T11:01:04.756686"^^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
2026-02-28T10:39:59.815996+00:00
First case
139
Generated
2026-02-28T10:39:59.815996+00:00
Attributed to
Case 139 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T11:01:04.756686
Generated by
ProEthica Case 139 Extraction