Engineer A Whistleblower Employment Jeopardy
Individual
ec059acf
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/157#Engineer_A_Whistleblower_Employment_Jeopardy
Properties
Parent
WhistleblowerEmploymentJeopardyState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#WhistleblowerEmploymentJeopardyState
Activeperiod
From the point at which internal escalation has been exhausted and punitive action taken, through the ethical review request
Affectedparties
Defense contracting authority
Engineer A
Industrial company
Public
Concept Category
State
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Stateclass
Whistleblower Employment Jeopardy State
Subject
Engineer A's decision whether to escalate defense specification concerns beyond the employer
Terminatedby
Engineer A's decision to escalate externally, resign, or accept management's position
Triggeringevent
Combination of management override of technical recommendations and formal punitive employment action, creating a personal conscience decision about further escalation
Urgencylevel
high
Source Evidence
Source Text
He has requested an ethical review and determination of the propriety of his course of action and the degree of ethical responsibility of engineers in such circumstances
Text References
He has requested an ethical review and determination of the propriety of his course of action and the degree of ethical responsibility of engineers in such circumstances
management placed a critical memorandum in his personnel file, and subsequently placed him on three months' probation, with the further notation that if his job performance did not improve, he would be terminated
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
ec059acf2d34450d...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
157
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-03-01T19:18:50.262720+00:00
First Case
157
Generated
2026-03-01T19:18:50.262720+00:00
Attributed To
Case 157 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T19:40:53.882122
Generated By
ProEthica Case 157 Extraction