Company B Engineers Genuine Withdrawal Non-Substitution by Disclaimer
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/160#Company_B_Engineers_Genuine_Withdrawal_Non-Substitution_by_Disclaimer
Properties
Instance of
GenuineProjectWithdrawalNon-SubstitutionbyResponsibilityDisclaimerObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#GenuineProjectWithdrawalNon-SubstitutionbyResponsibilityDisclaimerObligation
Case context
The ethical withdrawal required by the NSPE Code when public safety is endangered cannot be satisfied by a unilateral internal declaration of non-responsibility while continuing production work.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Company B Engineers
Obligation statement
If Company B engineers determined that withdrawal was required, they were obligated to effect a genuine cessation of all professional involvement in the production engagement rather than merely disclaiming responsibility for the deficient components while continuing to participate in production.
Temporal scope
If and when Company B engineers determined that withdrawal was the appropriate ethical recourse
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Company B Engineers Professional Disassociation Decision
Source Evidence
Source text
The officials of Company 'B' instructed its engineers to proceed with the work.
Text references
The officials of Company 'B' instructed its engineers to proceed with the work.
the equipment, if built according to the original plans and specifications, might endanger the lives of persons in proximity to it.
TTL
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case160:Company_B_Engineers_Genuine_Withdrawal_Non-Substitution_by_Disclaimer a proeth:GenuineProjectWithdrawalNon-SubstitutionbyResponsibilityDisclaimerObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Company B Engineers Genuine Withdrawal Non-Substitution by Disclaimer" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case160:Company_B_Engineers_Professional_Disassociation_Decision ;
proeth:casecontext "The ethical withdrawal required by the NSPE Code when public safety is endangered cannot be satisfied by a unilateral internal declaration of non-responsibility while continuing production work." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "160" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-02T14:33:11.646237+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "160" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-02T14:33:11.646237+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Company B Engineers" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Genuine Project Withdrawal Non-Substitution by Responsibility Disclaimer Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "If Company B engineers determined that withdrawal was required, they were obligated to effect a genuine cessation of all professional involvement in the production engagement rather than merely disclaiming responsibility for the deficient components while continuing to participate in production." ;
proeth:sourcetext "The officials of Company 'B' instructed its engineers to proceed with the work." ;
proeth:temporalscope "If and when Company B engineers determined that withdrawal was the appropriate ethical recourse" ;
proeth:textreferences "The officials of Company 'B' instructed its engineers to proceed with the work.",
"the equipment, if built according to the original plans and specifications, might endanger the lives of persons in proximity to it." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 160 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T14:53:00.995443"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 160 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
160
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-02T14:33:11.646237+00:00
First case
160
Generated
2026-03-02T14:33:11.646237+00:00
Attributed to
Case 160 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-02T14:53:00.995443
Generated by
ProEthica Case 160 Extraction