Proportional Escalation Obligation BER 00-5 Full-Bore Campaign
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/140#Proportional_Escalation_Obligation_BER_00-5_Full-Bore_Campaign
Properties
Instance of
ProportionalEscalationObligationCalibratedtoImminenceandBreadthofRisk
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ProportionalEscalationObligationCalibratedtoImminenceandBreadthofRisk
Applied to
Bridge with rotten pilings
Multi-authority escalation campaign
Balancing with
Employer Loyalty
Public Welfare Paramount
Concrete expression
The BER 00-5 bridge collapse risk — imminent, widespread, and involving a 280-foot bridge 30 feet above a stream with rotten pilings — required a full-bore multi-authority escalation campaign to state/federal transportation officials, licensing board, county commissioners, and other authorities
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
The imminence and breadth of the bridge collapse risk required the most expansive form of escalation, contacting every authority with jurisdiction over the matter
Invoked by
Engineer A BER 00-5 Local Government Bridge Engineer
Tension resolution
The imminent and widespread nature of the risk required full-bore escalation overriding any deference to employer or political authority
Source Evidence
Source text
the circumstances dictated a 'full-bore' campaign to bring this matter to the attention of public officials in positions of authority who could take immediate steps to address the situation
Text references
Engineer A should have taken immediate steps to contact the county governing authority and county prosecutors, state and/or federal transportation/highway officials, the state engineering licensure board, and other authorities
the circumstances dictated a 'full-bore' campaign to bring this matter to the attention of public officials in positions of authority who could take immediate steps to address the situation
TTL
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case140:Proportional_Escalation_Obligation_BER_00-5_Full-Bore_Campaign a proeth:ProportionalEscalationObligationCalibratedtoImminenceandBreadthofRisk,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Proportional Escalation Obligation BER 00-5 Full-Bore Campaign" ;
proeth:appliedto "Bridge with rotten pilings",
"Multi-authority escalation campaign" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Employer Loyalty",
"Public Welfare Paramount" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The BER 00-5 bridge collapse risk — imminent, widespread, and involving a 280-foot bridge 30 feet above a stream with rotten pilings — required a full-bore multi-authority escalation campaign to state/federal transportation officials, licensing board, county commissioners, and other authorities" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "140" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T01:26:05.014062+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "140" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T01:26:05.014062+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The imminence and breadth of the bridge collapse risk required the most expansive form of escalation, contacting every authority with jurisdiction over the matter" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A BER 00-5 Local Government Bridge Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Proportional Escalation Obligation Calibrated to Imminence and Breadth of Risk" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the circumstances dictated a 'full-bore' campaign to bring this matter to the attention of public officials in positions of authority who could take immediate steps to address the situation" ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The imminent and widespread nature of the risk required full-bore escalation overriding any deference to employer or political authority" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A should have taken immediate steps to contact the county governing authority and county prosecutors, state and/or federal transportation/highway officials, the state engineering licensure board, and other authorities",
"the circumstances dictated a 'full-bore' campaign to bring this matter to the attention of public officials in positions of authority who could take immediate steps to address the situation" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 140 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T01:40:09.760263"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 140 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
140
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T01:26:05.014062+00:00
First case
140
Generated
2026-02-28T01:26:05.014062+00:00
Attributed to
Case 140 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T01:40:09.760263
Generated by
ProEthica Case 140 Extraction