Proactive Risk Disclosure Invoked BER 19-10 Structural Instability
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/57#Proactive_Risk_Disclosure_Invoked_BER_19-10_Structural_Instability
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Structurally unstable building with non-imminent collapse risk
Balancing with
Client Loyalty
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Concrete expression
Engineer A immediately advised Client B and called the county building official upon discovering structural instability, and recommended bracing the building, without waiting for formal requests
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
Proactive disclosure of non-imminent but real structural risks is required even when the engineer's engagement was limited to fire origin and cause investigation
Invoked by
Engineer A Forensic Building Investigation Engineer BER 19-10
Tension resolution
The proactive risk disclosure obligation extended beyond the scope of the engineering engagement to encompass structural risks discovered incidentally
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A immediately advised Client B and called the county building official. The county building official did not return Engineer A's phone call. Engineer A also recommended to the owners that they should brace the building to prevent its collapse.
Text references
Although not imminent, Engineer A believed collapse of the building was a danger
Engineer A also recommended to the owners that they should brace the building to prevent its collapse
Engineer A immediately advised Client B and called the county building official
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Proactive Risk Disclosure Invoked BER 19-10 Structural Instability" ;
proeth:appliedto "Structurally unstable building with non-imminent collapse risk" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client Loyalty",
"Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A immediately advised Client B and called the county building official upon discovering structural instability, and recommended bracing the building, without waiting for formal requests" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "57" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T21:24:26.310438+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "57" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T21:24:26.310438+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Proactive disclosure of non-imminent but real structural risks is required even when the engineer's engagement was limited to fire origin and cause investigation" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Forensic Building Investigation Engineer BER 19-10" ;
proeth:principleclass "Proactive Risk Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A immediately advised Client B and called the county building official. The county building official did not return Engineer A's phone call. Engineer A also recommended to the owners that they should brace the building to prevent its collapse." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The proactive risk disclosure obligation extended beyond the scope of the engineering engagement to encompass structural risks discovered incidentally" ;
proeth:textreferences "Although not imminent, Engineer A believed collapse of the building was a danger",
"Engineer A also recommended to the owners that they should brace the building to prevent its collapse",
"Engineer A immediately advised Client B and called the county building official" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 57 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T21:32:46.444174"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 57 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
57
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T21:24:26.310438+00:00
First case
57
Generated
2026-02-25T21:24:26.310438+00:00
Attributed to
Case 57 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T21:32:46.444174
Generated by
ProEthica Case 57 Extraction