DP1
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/57#DP1
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP1
Decision question
When reporting the bridge defect to Engineer B, should Engineer Intern A have disclosed the full five-year history of the inspector's non-reporting, or was transmitting the current defect finding a sufficient discharge of the upward reporting obligation?
Focus
Engineer Intern A's obligation to disclose the five-year pattern of missed inspections to Engineer B — not merely the current defect — and whether that omission constitutes an ethical violation regardless of the intern's unlicensed status or good-faith materiality judgment
Option1
Report to Engineer B both the current bridge defect and the complete five-year history of the inspector's non-reporting, transmitting the factual record — reports, photographs, and the visible nature of the defect — without causal or culpability characterization, and defer to Engineer B the determination of what action the pattern requires
Option2
Report the current defect to Engineer B as the operative safety finding, note that a retrospective review was conducted, and indicate that prior inspection records are available for Engineer B's review if Engineer B wishes to examine them — placing the initiative for historical inquiry with the supervising PE rather than volunteering the pattern proactively
Option3
Report the current defect to Engineer B and include a qualified notation that prior inspection records appear to show the defect may have been present in earlier cycles, while framing the historical pattern as potentially attributable to ambiguous inspection criteria rather than clear non-reporting, on the grounds that causal attribution is beyond the intern's competence to certify
Role
Engineer Intern A
TTL
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case57:DP1 a proeth-cases:DecisionPoint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP1" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP1" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "When reporting the bridge defect to Engineer B, should Engineer Intern A have disclosed the full five-year history of the inspector's non-reporting, or was transmitting the current defect finding a sufficient discharge of the upward reporting obligation?" ;
proeth:focus "Engineer Intern A's obligation to disclose the five-year pattern of missed inspections to Engineer B — not merely the current defect — and whether that omission constitutes an ethical violation regardless of the intern's unlicensed status or good-faith materiality judgment" ;
proeth:option1 "Report to Engineer B both the current bridge defect and the complete five-year history of the inspector's non-reporting, transmitting the factual record — reports, photographs, and the visible nature of the defect — without causal or culpability characterization, and defer to Engineer B the determination of what action the pattern requires" ;
proeth:option2 "Report the current defect to Engineer B as the operative safety finding, note that a retrospective review was conducted, and indicate that prior inspection records are available for Engineer B's review if Engineer B wishes to examine them — placing the initiative for historical inquiry with the supervising PE rather than volunteering the pattern proactively" ;
proeth:option3 "Report the current defect to Engineer B and include a qualified notation that prior inspection records appear to show the defect may have been present in earlier cycles, while framing the historical pattern as potentially attributable to ambiguous inspection criteria rather than clear non-reporting, on the grounds that causal attribution is beyond the intern's competence to certify" ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineer Intern A" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T21:45:10.753479"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 57 Extraction" .
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2026-02-25T21:45:10.753479
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ProEthica Case 57 Extraction