Engineer B Business-Relationship-Preserving Hazardous Waste Supervisor
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/149#Engineer_B_Business-Relationship-Preserving_Hazardous_Waste_Supervisor
Definition
Supervising engineer who directs Technician A to sample drums, then upon receiving the technician's assessment, instructs only documentation of samples, declines to order analysis or notify regulators, and instead obliquely informs the client of 'questionable material' — motivated by the client's ongoing business relationship with the firm.
Properties
Instance of
Business-Relationship-PreservingHazardousWasteSupervisorEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Business-Relationship-PreservingHazardousWasteSupervisorEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer (implied by supervisor role at engineering firm) |
| specialty | Environmental engineering supervision |
| ethical_failure | Prioritizes business relationship over regulatory compliance and public safety |
Confidence
0.96
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | employed_by |
| target | Consulting Environmental Engineering Firm |
| type | notifies_obliquely |
| target | Client Hazardous Waste Property Owner |
| type | supervises |
| target | Technician A Environmental Field Sampling Technician |
Role category
public_responsibility
Source Evidence
Source text
At the direction of his supervisor Engineer B, Technician A samples the contents of drums
Text references
At the direction of his supervisor Engineer B, Technician A samples the contents of drums
Engineer B informs the client of the presence of drums containing 'questionable material' and suggests that they be removed
Engineer B tells Technician A only to document the existence of the samples
since the client does other business with the firm, Engineer B will tell the client where the drums are located but do nothing else
TTL
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proeth:caseinvolvement "Supervising engineer who directs Technician A to sample drums, then upon receiving the technician's assessment, instructs only documentation of samples, declines to order analysis or notify regulators, and instead obliquely informs the client of 'questionable material' — motivated by the client's ongoing business relationship with the firm." ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "149" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:13:21.320348+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'employed_by', 'target': 'Consulting Environmental Engineering Firm'}",
"{'type': 'notifies_obliquely', 'target': 'Client Hazardous Waste Property Owner'}",
"{'type': 'supervises', 'target': 'Technician A Environmental Field Sampling Technician'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "Business-Relationship-Preserving Hazardous Waste Supervisor Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "At the direction of his supervisor Engineer B, Technician A samples the contents of drums" ;
proeth:textreferences "At the direction of his supervisor Engineer B, Technician A samples the contents of drums",
"Engineer B informs the client of the presence of drums containing 'questionable material' and suggests that they be removed",
"Engineer B tells Technician A only to document the existence of the samples",
"since the client does other business with the firm, Engineer B will tell the client where the drums are located but do nothing else" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 149 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T12:35:30.880493"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 149 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
149
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:13:21.320348+00:00
First case
149
Generated
2026-03-01T12:13:21.320348+00:00
Attributed to
Case 149 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T12:35:30.880493
Generated by
ProEthica Case 149 Extraction