DP2

DecisionPoint
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DP2

Upon discovering the five-year pattern of systematic non-reporting, should Engineer Intern A have treated the inspector's conduct as a distinct programmatic integrity issue requiring escalation beyond the defect report to Engineer B, or was channeling the full factual record upward to Engineer B a sufficient discharge of the systemic escalation obligation?

Whether Engineer Intern A's obligation extended beyond reporting the five-year pattern to Engineer B to independently flagging the inspector's systematic non-reporting as a programmatic integrity issue requiring separate escalation — and whether that systemic escalation duty coexists with, rather than displaces, Engineer B's independent supervisory obligation to probe for programmatic failures

Report to Engineer B both the current defect and the five-year non-reporting pattern, and explicitly characterize the inspector's conduct as a potential programmatic integrity issue warranting a separate review of the inspector's full inspection portfolio and the program's oversight protocols — framing the systemic dimension as a distinct finding alongside the physical defect finding

Report to Engineer B the current defect and the complete five-year factual record — reports, photographs, and the visible nature of the defect — without independently characterizing the pattern as a programmatic integrity issue, on the grounds that systemic program assessment is Engineer B's supervisory function and the intern's obligation is limited to transmitting the complete factual record rather than rendering programmatic conclusions

Report the current defect to Engineer B, flag the inspector's non-reporting as a personnel matter requiring Engineer B's attention, and separately document the five-year pattern in a written memorandum to Engineer B to create a formal record — treating the systemic and defect dimensions as parallel but separately documented findings rather than a single integrated report

Engineer Intern A