Proactive Risk Disclosure Invoked By Engineer B Written and Verbal Reports
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/18#Proactive_Risk_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Engineer_B_Written_and_Verbal_Reports
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Metropolitan Water Commission Decision Authority Body
State Department of Environment Water Supply Division PE State Environmental Regulatory Engineer
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Employer Loyalty
Concrete expression
Engineer B proactively communicated the public health risk of lead leaching to the Water Commission both verbally and in writing, and to the State Department of Environment in writing, without waiting for formal requests or harm to materialize
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
Proactive risk disclosure requires Engineer B to communicate identified risks to all relevant regulatory authorities, not merely to the immediate client, and to do so in multiple forms to ensure the risk is understood
Invoked by
Engineer B Public Health Risk Reporter
Tension resolution
Proactive disclosure obligation to regulatory authorities overrides client preference for non-disclosure; Engineer B reported despite MWC opposition
Source Evidence
Source text
The facts of the present case show Engineer B did report the matter to the regulatory authority; namely, the Water Commission (both verbally and in writing) and to the water supply division of the State Department of the Environment (in writing).
Text references
Engineer B had provided reports and testimony at public meetings to the effect that changes in water treatment were necessary prior to changing the water source in order to protect public health and safety.
The facts of the present case show Engineer B did report the matter to the regulatory authority; namely, the Water Commission (both verbally and in writing) and to the water supply division of the State Department of the Environment (in writing).
TTL
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case18:Proactive_Risk_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Engineer_B_Written_and_Verbal_Reports a proeth:ProactiveRiskDisclosure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Proactive Risk Disclosure Invoked By Engineer B Written and Verbal Reports" ;
proeth:appliedto "Metropolitan Water Commission Decision Authority Body",
"State Department of Environment Water Supply Division PE State Environmental Regulatory Engineer" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Employer Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer B proactively communicated the public health risk of lead leaching to the Water Commission both verbally and in writing, and to the State Department of Environment in writing, without waiting for formal requests or harm to materialize" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "18" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T15:15:37.334010+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "18" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T15:15:37.334010+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Proactive risk disclosure requires Engineer B to communicate identified risks to all relevant regulatory authorities, not merely to the immediate client, and to do so in multiple forms to ensure the risk is understood" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer B Public Health Risk Reporter" ;
proeth:principleclass "Proactive Risk Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The facts of the present case show Engineer B did report the matter to the regulatory authority; namely, the Water Commission (both verbally and in writing) and to the water supply division of the State Department of the Environment (in writing)." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Proactive disclosure obligation to regulatory authorities overrides client preference for non-disclosure; Engineer B reported despite MWC opposition" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B had provided reports and testimony at public meetings to the effect that changes in water treatment were necessary prior to changing the water source in order to protect public health and safety.",
"The facts of the present case show Engineer B did report the matter to the regulatory authority; namely, the Water Commission (both verbally and in writing) and to the water supply division of the State Department of the Environment (in writing)." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 18 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T15:25:32.280218"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 18 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
18
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T15:15:37.334010+00:00
First case
18
Generated
2026-02-25T15:15:37.334010+00:00
Attributed to
Case 18 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T15:25:32.280218
Generated by
ProEthica Case 18 Extraction