Non-Acquiescence to Unsafe Client Directives Invoked By Engineer A Scaffolding Safety
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/140#Non-Acquiescence_to_Unsafe_Client_Directives_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Scaffolding_Safety
Properties
Instance of
Non-AcquiescencetoUnsafeClientDirectives
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Non-AcquiescencetoUnsafeClientDirectives
Applied to
OPQ Construction DOT Inspection Repair Employer
OPQ Construction Supervisor Present Case
State DOT Infrastructure Repair Client
Balancing with
Employer Loyalty
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
If Engineer A's supervisor declines to address the commercial vehicle hazard after notification, Engineer A must refuse to finalize the scaffolding design without adequate safety measures, and must escalate the concern to higher authority within OPQ Construction or to the DOT client
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Interpretation
In this context, non-acquiescence to unsafe client directives requires Engineer A to refuse to finalize the scaffolding design if the commercial vehicle hazard is not addressed, even if his supervisor directs him to proceed
Invoked by
Engineer A Present Case OPQ Construction Scaffolding Designer
Tension resolution
Non-acquiescence obligation overrides the faithful agent obligation when the supervisor's direction would result in a design that Engineer A has determined places workers and the public at material risk
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is concerned that the safety of inspection and construction employees (as well as others) could be endangered if one of these commercial vehicles passes by the proposed inspection and construction scaffolding.
Text references
Engineer A is concerned that the safety of inspection and construction employees (as well as others) could be endangered if one of these commercial vehicles passes by the proposed inspection and construction scaffolding.
TTL
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case140:Non-Acquiescence_to_Unsafe_Client_Directives_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Scaffolding_Safety a proeth:Non-AcquiescencetoUnsafeClientDirectives,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Non-Acquiescence to Unsafe Client Directives Invoked By Engineer A Scaffolding Safety" ;
proeth:appliedto "OPQ Construction DOT Inspection Repair Employer",
"OPQ Construction Supervisor Present Case",
"State DOT Infrastructure Repair Client" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Employer Loyalty",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "If Engineer A's supervisor declines to address the commercial vehicle hazard after notification, Engineer A must refuse to finalize the scaffolding design without adequate safety measures, and must escalate the concern to higher authority within OPQ Construction or to the DOT client" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "140" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T01:19:45.677776+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "140" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T01:19:45.677776+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "In this context, non-acquiescence to unsafe client directives requires Engineer A to refuse to finalize the scaffolding design if the commercial vehicle hazard is not addressed, even if his supervisor directs him to proceed" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Present Case OPQ Construction Scaffolding Designer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Non-Acquiescence to Unsafe Client Directives" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is concerned that the safety of inspection and construction employees (as well as others) could be endangered if one of these commercial vehicles passes by the proposed inspection and construction scaffolding." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Non-acquiescence obligation overrides the faithful agent obligation when the supervisor's direction would result in a design that Engineer A has determined places workers and the public at material risk" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A is concerned that the safety of inspection and construction employees (as well as others) could be endangered if one of these commercial vehicles passes by the proposed inspection and construction scaffolding." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 140 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T01:40:09.754413"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 140 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
140
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T01:19:45.677776+00:00
First case
140
Generated
2026-02-28T01:19:45.677776+00:00
Attributed to
Case 140 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T01:40:09.754413
Generated by
ProEthica Case 140 Extraction