DP7
Individual
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/160#DP7
Properties
Parent
Decision Point Id
DP7
Decision Question
Once Company B's employer has directed production to proceed despite exhausted internal and inter-firm escalation, must Company B engineers completely withdraw from all engineering activity connected with the project, or may they continue in limited roles (administrative, supervisory, QA) while formally disclaiming responsibility for the unsafe design?
Focus
Company B Engineers: Scope and Completeness of Withdrawal Obligation After Employer Override
Option1
Refuse all engineering activity connected with the project — including direct fabrication, supervisory, administrative, and QA roles — accepting the employment consequences of complete disengagement as the required professional burden.
Option2
Submit a written disclaimer documenting objection to the design's safety while continuing in administrative or QA roles that do not involve direct fabrication of the disputed machinery, on the grounds that documented dissent satisfies the ethical obligation without requiring full withdrawal.
Option3
Withdraw from all design, fabrication, and supervisory roles directly connected to the disputed machinery while continuing work on genuinely unrelated products or administrative functions with no causal link to the unsafe equipment's completion.
Role Label
Company B Engineers
TTL
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Ontology
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Individual
Content Hash
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2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
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2026-03-02T15:10:46.722754
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ProEthica Case 160 Extraction