Engineer A Graduated Internal Escalation Infant Respirator MedTech
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/150#Engineer_A_Graduated_Internal_Escalation_Infant_Respirator_MedTech
Properties
Instance of
GraduatedInternalEscalationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#GraduatedInternalEscalationObligation
Case context
Engineer A first reported the safety concern to the appropriate manager, waited a month, learned from Engineer B that nothing had been done, and then re-escalated to the manager before threatening external reporting.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to exhaust internal escalation channels — including initial reporting to the appropriate manager, allowing time for internal response, and re-escalating after learning of inaction — before threatening external regulatory reporting.
Temporal scope
From initial identification of the defect through the month-long waiting period and re-escalation
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Internal Escalation Near-Exhaustion
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A brings the issue and his proposed solution to the attention of the appropriate manager, who is not an engineer, and Engineer A assumes that the matter will be taken care of immediately
Text references
Engineer A again urges the manager to take immediate action
Engineer A brings the issue and his proposed solution to the attention of the appropriate manager, who is not an engineer, and Engineer A assumes that the matter will be taken care of immediately
a month later Engineer A learns from Engineer B that nothing has been done to correct the issue
TTL
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case150:Engineer_A_Graduated_Internal_Escalation_Infant_Respirator_MedTech a proeth:GraduatedInternalEscalationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Graduated Internal Escalation Infant Respirator MedTech" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case150:Engineer_A_Internal_Escalation_Near-Exhaustion ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A first reported the safety concern to the appropriate manager, waited a month, learned from Engineer B that nothing had been done, and then re-escalated to the manager before threatening external reporting." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case150:Graduated_Internal_Escalation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Before_External_Reporting_Threat,
case150:Graduated_Internal_Escalation_Obligation_Applied_to_Engineer_A ;
proeth:discoveredincase "150" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T14:36:07.389381+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "150" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T14:36:07.389381+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Graduated Internal Escalation Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to exhaust internal escalation channels — including initial reporting to the appropriate manager, allowing time for internal response, and re-escalating after learning of inaction — before threatening external regulatory reporting." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A brings the issue and his proposed solution to the attention of the appropriate manager, who is not an engineer, and Engineer A assumes that the matter will be taken care of immediately" ;
proeth:temporalscope "From initial identification of the defect through the month-long waiting period and re-escalation" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A again urges the manager to take immediate action",
"Engineer A brings the issue and his proposed solution to the attention of the appropriate manager, who is not an engineer, and Engineer A assumes that the matter will be taken care of immediately",
"a month later Engineer A learns from Engineer B that nothing has been done to correct the issue" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 150 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T14:52:22.192465"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 150 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
150
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T14:36:07.389381+00:00
First case
150
Generated
2026-02-28T14:36:07.389381+00:00
Attributed to
Case 150 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T14:52:22.192465
Generated by
ProEthica Case 150 Extraction