Engineer B Business-Relationship-Preserving Hazardous Waste Supervisor
Individual
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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
Parent
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 |
Concept Category
Role
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
Role Class
Business-Relationship-Preserving Hazardous Waste Supervisor Engineer
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
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
80213c5074d7feb7...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
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