Engineer B Intentional Sample Analysis Disregard Prohibition
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/149#Engineer_B_Intentional_Sample_Analysis_Disregard_Prohibition
Properties
Instance of
IntentionalInformationDisregardProhibitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#IntentionalInformationDisregardProhibitionObligation
Case context
Engineer B received Technician A's assessment of likely hazardous waste and deliberately directed that the samples only be documented — not analyzed — thereby intentionally disregarding information that would have triggered mandatory legal and ethical obligations.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.89
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer B
Obligation statement
Engineer B was obligated to refrain from intentionally disregarding Technician A's professional assessment that the drum contents were likely hazardous waste by directing only documentation of sample existence without analysis, thereby suppressing material information necessary for a complete and accurate professional response.
Temporal scope
Upon receiving Technician A's assessment of the drum contents.
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer B Business-Motivated Regulatory Suppression Instruction
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B tells Technician A only to document the existence of the samples.
Text references
Based on Technician A's past experience, it is his opinion that analysis of the sample would most likely determine that the drum contents would be classified as hazardous waste.
Engineer B tells Technician A only to document the existence of the samples.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Intentional Sample Analysis Disregard Prohibition" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case149:Engineer_B_Hazardous_Waste_Sample_Analysis_Direction_Suppression ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case149:Engineer_B_Business-Motivated_Regulatory_Suppression_Instruction ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer B received Technician A's assessment of likely hazardous waste and deliberately directed that the samples only be documented — not analyzed — thereby intentionally disregarding information that would have triggered mandatory legal and ethical obligations." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.89" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/149#Faithful_Agent_Obligation_Within_Ethical_Limits_—_Engineer_B_Suppression_of_Analysis> ;
proeth:discoveredincase "149" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:19:38.832481+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "149" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:19:38.832481+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer B" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Intentional Information Disregard Prohibition Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer B was obligated to refrain from intentionally disregarding Technician A's professional assessment that the drum contents were likely hazardous waste by directing only documentation of sample existence without analysis, thereby suppressing material information necessary for a complete and accurate professional response." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B tells Technician A only to document the existence of the samples." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon receiving Technician A's assessment of the drum contents." ;
proeth:textreferences "Based on Technician A's past experience, it is his opinion that analysis of the sample would most likely determine that the drum contents would be classified as hazardous waste.",
"Engineer B tells Technician A only to document the existence of the samples." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 149 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T12:35:30.889508"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 149 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
149
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:19:38.832481+00:00
First case
149
Generated
2026-03-01T12:19:38.832481+00:00
Attributed to
Case 149 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T12:35:30.889508
Generated by
ProEthica Case 149 Extraction