Engineer A Organizational Scale Non-Excuse Violation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/163#Engineer_A_Organizational_Scale_Non-Excuse_Violation
Properties
Instance of
OrganizationalScaleNon-ExcuseforResponsibleChargeReviewObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#OrganizationalScaleNon-ExcuseforResponsibleChargeReviewObligation
Case context
Engineer A explicitly cites the size of his organization and the large number of concurrent projects as the reason he finds it impossible to conduct detailed reviews, treating this organizational condition as an ethical and legal justification for his sealing practice.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from using the size of his organization and the large number of concurrent projects as a justification for sealing plans without detailed review, and instead to restructure his workload, delegate sealing authority to qualified subordinate engineers who conduct detailed reviews, or decline to seal documents he has not adequately reviewed.
Temporal scope
Throughout Engineer A's tenure as Chief Engineer of the large firm
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Organizational Scale Preventing Adequate Review
Source Evidence
Source text
Because of the size of the organization and the large number of projects being designed at any one time, Engineer A finds it impossible to give a detailed review or check of the design.
Text references
Because of the size of the organization and the large number of projects being designed at any one time, Engineer A finds it impossible to give a detailed review or check of the design.
He believes he is ethically and legally correct in not doing so because of his confidence in the ability of those he has hired and who are working under his general direction and supervision.
TTL
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case163:Engineer_A_Organizational_Scale_Non-Excuse_Violation a proeth:OrganizationalScaleNon-ExcuseforResponsibleChargeReviewObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Organizational Scale Non-Excuse Violation" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case163:Engineer_A_Organizational_Scale_Preventing_Adequate_Review ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A explicitly cites the size of his organization and the large number of concurrent projects as the reason he finds it impossible to conduct detailed reviews, treating this organizational condition as an ethical and legal justification for his sealing practice." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case163:Professional_Accountability_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Organizational_Scale_Rationalization ;
proeth:discoveredincase "163" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T14:19:56.596848+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "163" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T14:19:56.596848+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Organizational Scale Non-Excuse for Responsible Charge Review Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from using the size of his organization and the large number of concurrent projects as a justification for sealing plans without detailed review, and instead to restructure his workload, delegate sealing authority to qualified subordinate engineers who conduct detailed reviews, or decline to seal documents he has not adequately reviewed." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Because of the size of the organization and the large number of projects being designed at any one time, Engineer A finds it impossible to give a detailed review or check of the design." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout Engineer A's tenure as Chief Engineer of the large firm" ;
proeth:textreferences "Because of the size of the organization and the large number of projects being designed at any one time, Engineer A finds it impossible to give a detailed review or check of the design.",
"He believes he is ethically and legally correct in not doing so because of his confidence in the ability of those he has hired and who are working under his general direction and supervision." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 163 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T14:34:52.832115"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 163 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
163
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T14:19:56.596848+00:00
First case
163
Generated
2026-03-01T14:19:56.596848+00:00
Attributed to
Case 163 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T14:34:52.832115
Generated by
ProEthica Case 163 Extraction