Company B Engineers Competing Duties: Employer Loyalty vs. Public Safety
Individual
b928a83b
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/160#Company_B_Engineers_Competing_Duties:_Employer_Loyalty_vs._Public_Safety
Properties
Parent
Activeperiod
From the moment Company B officials instructed engineers to proceed, persisting until the engineers make a decision
Affectedparties
Company B engineers
Company B officials
Persons in proximity to the equipment
Concept Category
State
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Stateclass
Competing Duties State
Subject
Company B engineers' professional obligation structure after receiving instruction to proceed
Terminatedby
Engineer's decision to comply, refuse, or disassociate
Triggeringevent
Collision between the duty to follow employer instructions (faithful agent obligation) and the paramount duty to protect public safety from identified design deficiencies
Urgencylevel
high
Source Evidence
Source Text
officials of Company B instructed its engineers to proceed with the work
Text References
equipment, if built according to the original plans and specifications, might endanger the lives of persons in proximity to it
officials of Company B instructed its engineers to proceed with the work
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
b928a83b6d82bdb8...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
160
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-03-02T14:25:03.045895+00:00
First Case
160
Generated
2026-03-02T14:25:03.045895+00:00
Attributed To
Case 160 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T14:53:00.990142
Generated By
ProEthica Case 160 Extraction