DP3
Individual
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/150#DP3
Properties
Parent
Decision Point Id
DP3
Decision Question
Should Engineer A treat MedTech's ongoing design team investigation as a legitimate internal process requiring monitored deference with a defined deadline, or should he treat the absence of any timeline, commitment, or engineering determination as functionally equivalent to organizational inaction that justifies immediate external escalation?
Focus
Engineer A must determine whether MedTech's active design team investigation constitutes a legitimate internal process warranting monitored deference or whether it is functionally equivalent to organizational inaction given the absence of any defined timeline, commitment, or engineering determination — and calibrate his escalation response accordingly.
Option1
Treat the design team investigation as a legitimate internal process, but demand a specific resolution deadline from the manager and escalate to senior engineering leadership if that deadline is not honored — treating the investigation as warranting monitored deference rather than either passive acceptance or immediate external threat.
Option2
Treat the manager's 'still being looked into' response — without any timeline, commitment, or engineering determination — as functionally equivalent to organizational inaction, and issue the conditional external reporting threat on the grounds that an indefinite investigation without milestones does not constitute a meaningful internal response.
Option3
Formally request a written status report from the design team or its supervisor — including scope, timeline, and interim findings — before determining whether the investigation constitutes a legitimate process warranting deference or an organizational delay justifying escalation, thereby gathering the information needed to make an informed proportionality judgment.
Role Label
Engineer A
TTL
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Ontology
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Individual
Content Hash
988642e88274f474...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
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2026-02-28T15:05:54.018672
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ProEthica Case 150 Extraction