DP2
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/175#DP2
Properties
Parent
Decision Point Id
DP2
Decision Question
Should Engineer A issue the construction permit in deference to his superior's professionally defensible technical judgment that the fluidized boiler process meets Clean Air Act standards, or refuse to issue the permit based on his own professional assessment that it does not?
Focus
Engineer A has determined that the plans, without outside scrubbers, will violate Clean Air Act SO2 emission standards. His superior — also technically qualified — holds the contrary view that the fluidized boiler process adequately meets those standards. Engineer A must decide whether to issue the permit in deference to his superior's honest technical judgment or refuse on the basis of his own professional assessment.
Option1
Decline to issue the construction permit on the grounds that Engineer A's professional assessment concludes the plans fail to meet Clean Air Act SO2 standards, formally documenting the technical basis for refusal and submitting findings to the superior, regardless of the superior's contrary technical view.
Option2
Issue the permit in recognition that the superior — also technically qualified — holds a professionally defensible contrary view that the fluidized boiler process meets SO2 standards, treating the disagreement as a legitimate technical dispute in which supervisory judgment appropriately governs the institutional decision.
Option3
Neither issue nor formally refuse the permit at this stage, but instead formally request that the department commission an independent third-party engineering review of the fluidized boiler process's SO2 compliance before Engineer A makes a final certification decision, preserving both the public safety concern and the possibility of resolution through authoritative technical consensus.
Role Label
Engineer A
TTL
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Ontology
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Individual
Content Hash
62bb20292da30bf0...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
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2026-03-01T12:11:06.404330
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ProEthica Case 175 Extraction