Employer-Ordered Execution of Disputed Safety-Deficient Design State
Class
a8b76773
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Employer-OrderedExecutionofDisputedSafety-DeficientDesignState
Definition
State in which an engineer's employer has instructed the engineer to proceed with manufacturing or constructing a design that the engineer has identified as containing safety deficiencies, after the employer has relayed the concern to the originating party and received a rejection. The engineer is now under direct organizational pressure to execute work they believe may endanger lives, creating a direct conflict between employment obligation and public safety duty.
Properties
Subclass of
Definition
State in which an engineer's employer has instructed the engineer to proceed with manufacturing or constructing a design that the engineer has identified as containing safety deficiencies, after the employer has relayed the concern to the originating party and received a rejection. The engineer is now under direct organizational pressure to execute work they believe may endanger lives, creating a direct conflict between employment obligation and public safety duty.
Source Evidence
Source Text
officials of Company B instructed its engineers to proceed with the work
TTL
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rdfs:comment "State in which an engineer's employer has instructed the engineer to proceed with manufacturing or constructing a design that the engineer has identified as containing safety deficiencies, after the employer has relayed the concern to the originating party and received a rejection. The engineer is now under direct organizational pressure to execute work they believe may endanger lives, creating a direct conflict between employment obligation and public safety duty." ;
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Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
a8b7677337b614e3...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
160
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-03-02T14:25:03.045895+00:00
First Discovered In Case
160
Generated
2026-03-02T14:25:03.045895+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 160 Extraction