Engineer A Scope Non-Excuse Adjacent Property Safety Owner Y
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/139#Engineer_A_Scope_Non-Excuse_Adjacent_Property_Safety_Owner_Y
Properties
Instance of
Scope-of-WorkNon-ExcuseforAdjacentThird-PartySafetyObservationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Scope-of-WorkNon-ExcuseforAdjacentThird-PartySafetyObservationObligation
Case context
Engineer A's contracted scope covers only construction observation for Client X; Owner Y's adjacent property is entirely outside this scope and outside any contractual relationship; the scope limitation is not a valid ethical defense for inaction.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.86
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A is obligated to recognize that the contractual scope of construction observation services for Client X does not excuse inaction upon observing potential safety issues on Owner Y's adjacent property, and must not invoke scope-of-work limitations as justification for failing to act on the observed safety concerns.
Temporal scope
Upon observation of the potential safety issues on Owner Y's adjacent property
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
In performing engineering services for ES Consulting, Engineer A performs construction observation services on a project for Client X.
Text references
Engineer A observes potential safety issues relating to the performance of work by a subcontractor on a project being constructed on an adjacent piece of property for Owner Y, a party with whom neither Engineer A, ES Consulting, or Client X has any direct relationship.
In performing engineering services for ES Consulting, Engineer A performs construction observation services on a project for Client X.
TTL
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case139:Engineer_A_Scope_Non-Excuse_Adjacent_Property_Safety_Owner_Y a proeth:Scope-of-WorkNon-ExcuseforAdjacentThird-PartySafetyObservationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Scope Non-Excuse Adjacent Property Safety Owner Y" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case139:Engineer_A_Scope_Boundary_Recognition_Adjacent_Property_Safety_Observation ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case139:Engineer_A_Scope_Boundary_Recognition_Adjacent_Property_Safety_Observation ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A's contracted scope covers only construction observation for Client X; Owner Y's adjacent property is entirely outside this scope and outside any contractual relationship; the scope limitation is not a valid ethical defense for inaction." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.86" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case139:Public_Welfare_Paramount_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_Regarding_Owner_Y_Safety,
case139:Scope-of-Work_Limitation_as_Incomplete_Ethical_Defense_Invoked_in_Engineer_A_Adjacent_Property_Scenario ;
proeth:discoveredincase "139" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T10:43:40.857216+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "139" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T10:43:40.857216+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Scope-of-Work Non-Excuse for Adjacent Third-Party Safety Observation Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A is obligated to recognize that the contractual scope of construction observation services for Client X does not excuse inaction upon observing potential safety issues on Owner Y's adjacent property, and must not invoke scope-of-work limitations as justification for failing to act on the observed safety concerns." ;
proeth:sourcetext "In performing engineering services for ES Consulting, Engineer A performs construction observation services on a project for Client X." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon observation of the potential safety issues on Owner Y's adjacent property" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A observes potential safety issues relating to the performance of work by a subcontractor on a project being constructed on an adjacent piece of property for Owner Y, a party with whom neither Engineer A, ES Consulting, or Client X has any direct relationship.",
"In performing engineering services for ES Consulting, Engineer A performs construction observation services on a project for Client X." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 139 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T11:01:04.759849"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 139 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
139
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T10:43:40.857216+00:00
First case
139
Generated
2026-02-28T10:43:40.857216+00:00
Attributed to
Case 139 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T11:01:04.759849
Generated by
ProEthica Case 139 Extraction