Software Company Employer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/165#Software_Company_Employer
Definition
A software company that employs Engineer A to design safety-critical software, faces financial and client pressure to avoid additional testing, but also wants to ensure software safety, and ultimately requests Engineer A's recommendation on additional testing.
Properties
Instance of
Safety-RejectingManufacturingEmployer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Safety-RejectingManufacturingEmployer
Attributes
| type | Private software company |
| domain | Safety-critical software for public infrastructure |
| pressure | Client eagerness, competitive disadvantage, financial cost of delay |
Confidence
0.78
Importance
medium
Relationships
| type | employer_of |
| target | Engineer A Safety-Critical Software Design Engineer (Case 96-4) |
| type | serves |
| target | Software Company Client |
Role category
employer_relationship
Source Evidence
Source text
The software company was eager to satisfy its clients; but, at the same time, management wanted to be sure that the software was safe to use
Text references
The software company requested Engineer A's recommendation on the need for additional testing
The software company was eager to satisfy its clients; but, at the same time, management wanted to be sure that the software was safe to use
the company could make an informed decision about the need for additional testing and its effects on the public health, safety, and welfare
TTL
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@prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> .
@prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> .
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@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
case165:Software_Company_Employer a proeth:Safety-RejectingManufacturingEmployer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Software Company Employer" ;
proeth:attributes "{'type': 'Private software company', 'domain': 'Safety-critical software for public infrastructure', 'pressure': 'Client eagerness, competitive disadvantage, financial cost of delay'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "A software company that employs Engineer A to design safety-critical software, faces financial and client pressure to avoid additional testing, but also wants to ensure software safety, and ultimately requests Engineer A's recommendation on additional testing." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.78" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "165" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T23:23:48.439360+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "165" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T23:23:48.439360+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'employer_of', 'target': 'Engineer A Safety-Critical Software Design Engineer (Case 96-4)'}",
"{'type': 'serves', 'target': 'Software Company Client'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "employer_relationship" ;
proeth:roleclass "Safety-Rejecting Manufacturing Employer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The software company was eager to satisfy its clients; but, at the same time, management wanted to be sure that the software was safe to use" ;
proeth:textreferences "The software company requested Engineer A's recommendation on the need for additional testing",
"The software company was eager to satisfy its clients; but, at the same time, management wanted to be sure that the software was safe to use",
"the company could make an informed decision about the need for additional testing and its effects on the public health, safety, and welfare" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 165 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T23:40:57.914420"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 165 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
165
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T23:23:48.439360+00:00
First case
165
Generated
2026-02-27T23:23:48.439360+00:00
Attributed to
Case 165 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T23:40:57.914420
Generated by
ProEthica Case 165 Extraction