Informed Decision-Making Enablement Obligation Invoked in Software Testing Case
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/165#Informed_Decision-Making_Enablement_Obligation_Invoked_in_Software_Testing_Case
Properties
Instance of
InformedDecision-MakingEnablementObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#InformedDecision-MakingEnablementObligation
Applied to
Software company employer's decision about additional testing
Technical report preparation
Balancing with
Client schedule pressures
Employer financial interests
Concrete expression
Engineer A's obligation in BER Case 96-4 was to prepare a technical report explaining current testing results and referencing new testing procedures so that the employer could make an informed decision about additional testing — the engineer's role was to enable informed organizational decision-making, not to make the business decision itself
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Interpretation
The informed decision-making enablement obligation required Engineer A to provide complete, accurate, and direct technical information — including reference to new draft standards — so that the employer could evaluate all relevant facts before deciding whether to proceed
Invoked by
Engineer A Safety-Critical Software Design Engineer (Case 96-4)
Tension resolution
The engineer's obligation is to enable informed decision-making by providing complete technical information; the employer then makes the business decision with full knowledge of the technical landscape
Source Evidence
Source text
The Board noted that Engineer A would be well advised to prepare a technical report explaining the current testing analysis and results, as well as referencing the new testing procedure that had been recently reported in the professional literature, so that the engineer's employer could make an informed decision regarding additional testing.
Text references
Engineer A needed to be certain that the information imparted to his employer and to the employer's clients was clear, accurate, and direct.
The Board noted that Engineer A would be well advised to prepare a technical report explaining the current testing analysis and results, as well as referencing the new testing procedure that had been recently reported in the professional literature, so that the engineer's employer could make an informed decision regarding additional testing.
TTL
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case165:Informed_Decision-Making_Enablement_Obligation_Invoked_in_Software_Testing_Case a proeth:InformedDecision-MakingEnablementObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Informed Decision-Making Enablement Obligation Invoked in Software Testing Case" ;
proeth:appliedto "Software company employer's decision about additional testing",
"Technical report preparation" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client schedule pressures",
"Employer financial interests" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's obligation in BER Case 96-4 was to prepare a technical report explaining current testing results and referencing new testing procedures so that the employer could make an informed decision about additional testing — the engineer's role was to enable informed organizational decision-making, not to make the business decision itself" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "165" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T23:30:37.781391+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "165" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T23:30:37.781391+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The informed decision-making enablement obligation required Engineer A to provide complete, accurate, and direct technical information — including reference to new draft standards — so that the employer could evaluate all relevant facts before deciding whether to proceed" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Safety-Critical Software Design Engineer (Case 96-4)" ;
proeth:principleclass "Informed Decision-Making Enablement Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The Board noted that Engineer A would be well advised to prepare a technical report explaining the current testing analysis and results, as well as referencing the new testing procedure that had been recently reported in the professional literature, so that the engineer's employer could make an informed decision regarding additional testing." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The engineer's obligation is to enable informed decision-making by providing complete technical information; the employer then makes the business decision with full knowledge of the technical landscape" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A needed to be certain that the information imparted to his employer and to the employer's clients was clear, accurate, and direct.",
"The Board noted that Engineer A would be well advised to prepare a technical report explaining the current testing analysis and results, as well as referencing the new testing procedure that had been recently reported in the professional literature, so that the engineer's employer could make an informed decision regarding additional testing." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 165 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T23:40:57.922852"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 165 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
165
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T23:30:37.781391+00:00
First case
165
Generated
2026-02-27T23:30:37.781391+00:00
Attributed to
Case 165 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T23:40:57.922852
Generated by
ProEthica Case 165 Extraction