Technician A Supervisor Sample-Documentation-Only Instruction Refusal
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/149#Technician_A_Supervisor_Sample-Documentation-Only_Instruction_Refusal
Properties
Instance of
SupervisorSample-Documentation-OnlyInstructionRefusalObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SupervisorSample-Documentation-OnlyInstructionRefusalObligation
Case context
Technician A accepted Engineer B's direction to only document samples despite independent knowledge that the contents were likely hazardous waste requiring mandatory regulatory reporting; Technician A did not independently escalate.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Technician A
Obligation statement
Technician A, possessing independent professional knowledge that the drum contents likely constituted hazardous waste triggering mandatory federal and state reporting obligations, was obligated to refuse Engineer B's instruction to merely document the samples without analysis and to independently escalate the safety and legal concern through appropriate channels.
Temporal scope
Upon receiving Engineer B's instruction to merely document samples without analysis or further regulatory action
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Technician A Subordinate Compliance Dilemma
derivedFromPrinciple
Subordinate Engineer Independent Safety Escalation Right — Technician A
Source Evidence
Source text
Technician A, possessing independent knowledge that likely hazardous waste triggers mandatory federal and state reporting obligations, accepted Engineer B's direction to only document samples
Text references
Technician A, possessing independent knowledge that likely hazardous waste triggers mandatory federal and state reporting obligations, accepted Engineer B's direction to only document samples
TTL
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proeth:casecontext "Technician A accepted Engineer B's direction to only document samples despite independent knowledge that the contents were likely hazardous waste requiring mandatory regulatory reporting; Technician A did not independently escalate." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
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proeth:discoveredincase "149" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:26:51.749955+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "149" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:26:51.749955+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Technician A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Supervisor Sample-Documentation-Only Instruction Refusal Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Technician A, possessing independent professional knowledge that the drum contents likely constituted hazardous waste triggering mandatory federal and state reporting obligations, was obligated to refuse Engineer B's instruction to merely document the samples without analysis and to independently escalate the safety and legal concern through appropriate channels." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Technician A, possessing independent knowledge that likely hazardous waste triggers mandatory federal and state reporting obligations, accepted Engineer B's direction to only document samples" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon receiving Engineer B's instruction to merely document samples without analysis or further regulatory action" ;
proeth:textreferences "Technician A, possessing independent knowledge that likely hazardous waste triggers mandatory federal and state reporting obligations, accepted Engineer B's direction to only document samples" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 149 Extraction" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
149
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:26:51.749955+00:00
First case
149
Generated
2026-03-01T12:26:51.749955+00:00
Attributed to
Case 149 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T12:35:30.898708
Generated by
ProEthica Case 149 Extraction