DP5
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/160#DP5
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP5
Decision question
Once Company B engineers have exhausted all escalation channels and refused to participate in production, should they also notify an appropriate regulatory authority or professional society, or does withdrawal from the project fully discharge their public-safety obligation?
Focus
Company B Engineers: Employment Loss Acceptance and Post-Withdrawal External Notification Obligation
Option1
Refuse all further participation in the project and affirmatively notify an appropriate regulatory authority or professional society of the specific safety deficiencies, on the grounds that withdrawal alone leaves ultimate users unprotected and that the public-welfare duty is active, not merely passive.
Option2
Refuse all further participation in the project but treat withdrawal as fully discharging the public-safety obligation, on the grounds that the engineers have exhausted all available professional channels, the honest disagreement between qualified engineers does not yet meet the threshold for regulatory escalation, and further action risks unwarranted reputational harm to all parties.
Option3
Refuse further participation and report the safety dispute to the relevant professional engineering society for peer review and guidance, treating this as a middle path that activates professional oversight without the formality and adversarial character of direct regulatory notification while the substantive safety question remains contested between qualified engineers.
Role
Engineer
TTL
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case160:DP5 a proeth-cases:DecisionPoint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP5" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP5" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "Once Company B engineers have exhausted all escalation channels and refused to participate in production, should they also notify an appropriate regulatory authority or professional society, or does withdrawal from the project fully discharge their public-safety obligation?" ;
proeth:focus "Company B Engineers: Employment Loss Acceptance and Post-Withdrawal External Notification Obligation" ;
proeth:option1 "Refuse all further participation in the project and affirmatively notify an appropriate regulatory authority or professional society of the specific safety deficiencies, on the grounds that withdrawal alone leaves ultimate users unprotected and that the public-welfare duty is active, not merely passive." ;
proeth:option2 "Refuse all further participation in the project but treat withdrawal as fully discharging the public-safety obligation, on the grounds that the engineers have exhausted all available professional channels, the honest disagreement between qualified engineers does not yet meet the threshold for regulatory escalation, and further action risks unwarranted reputational harm to all parties." ;
proeth:option3 "Refuse further participation and report the safety dispute to the relevant professional engineering society for peer review and guidance, treating this as a middle path that activates professional oversight without the formality and adversarial character of direct regulatory notification while the substantive safety question remains contested between qualified engineers." ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineer" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-02T15:10:46.722512"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 160 Extraction" .
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Extraction details
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2026-03-02T15:10:46.722512
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ProEthica Case 160 Extraction