Engineer Intern D DOT Highway Project Engineer Intern Under Improper Direction
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/58#Engineer_Intern_D_DOT_Highway_Project_Engineer_Intern_Under_Improper_Direction
Definition
Engineer intern who independently produced a DOT policy-compliant design avoiding the old water main and was subsequently subjected to supervisory pressure from Engineer W to revise the design in a manner that would violate DOT cost-allocation policy, bearing obligations to resist improper direction and uphold objectivity and truthfulness consistent with Canon 3.
Properties
Instance of
DOTHighwayProjectEngineerInternUnderImproperDirection
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DOTHighwayProjectEngineerInternUnderImproperDirection
Attributes
| license | Engineer Intern (unlicensed) |
| employer | State Department of Transportation |
| ethical_compliance | Canon 3 - objectivity and truthfulness |
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | employer_agent |
| target | State DOT |
| type | supervised_by |
| target | Engineer W |
Role category
employer_relationship
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer Intern D's adherence to DOT policy (avoiding the old water main) is in accord with the Canon 3 requirements of objectivity and truthfulness
Text references
Engineer Intern D's adherence to DOT policy (avoiding the old water main) is in accord with the Canon 3 requirements of objectivity and truthfulness
If Engineer Intern D decides to cooperate with Engineer W, it is likely that no one else would ever know that $700,000 of DOT money had been diverted
The matter is particularly poignant when it is realized how formational the lesson will be to Engineer Intern D, a young engineer about to begin a professional career
TTL
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case58:Engineer_Intern_D_DOT_Highway_Project_Engineer_Intern_Under_Improper_Direction a proeth:DOTHighwayProjectEngineerInternUnderImproperDirection,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer Intern D DOT Highway Project Engineer Intern Under Improper Direction" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case58:Intern_Epistemic_Humility_Escalation_Obligation_Invoked_By_Engineer_Intern_D_Policy_Conflict,
case58:Subordinate_Complicity_Prohibition_Applied_to_Engineer_Intern_D_Cooperation_Decision,
case58:Subordinate_Complicity_Prohibition_Invoked_By_Engineer_Intern_D_Sign_Off_Promise ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case58:Engineer_Intern_D_Escalation_of_Policy_Conflict_to_Agency_Authority_Obligation,
case58:Engineer_Intern_D_Policy_Violating_Design_Revision_Refusal_Shadyvale,
case58:Engineer_Intern_D_Subordinate_Complicity_Refusal_Sign_Off_Promise_Obligation ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Engineer Intern (unlicensed)', 'employer': 'State Department of Transportation', 'ethical_compliance': 'Canon 3 - objectivity and truthfulness'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Engineer intern who independently produced a DOT policy-compliant design avoiding the old water main and was subsequently subjected to supervisory pressure from Engineer W to revise the design in a manner that would violate DOT cost-allocation policy, bearing obligations to resist improper direction and uphold objectivity and truthfulness consistent with Canon 3." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "58" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T21:47:15.090058+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "58" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T21:47:15.090058+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'employer_agent', 'target': 'State DOT'}",
"{'type': 'supervised_by', 'target': 'Engineer W'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "employer_relationship" ;
proeth:roleclass "DOT Highway Project Engineer Intern Under Improper Direction" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer Intern D's adherence to DOT policy (avoiding the old water main) is in accord with the Canon 3 requirements of objectivity and truthfulness" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer Intern D's adherence to DOT policy (avoiding the old water main) is in accord with the Canon 3 requirements of objectivity and truthfulness",
"If Engineer Intern D decides to cooperate with Engineer W, it is likely that no one else would ever know that $700,000 of DOT money had been diverted",
"The matter is particularly poignant when it is realized how formational the lesson will be to Engineer Intern D, a young engineer about to begin a professional career" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 58 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T22:07:12.198074"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 58 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
58
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T21:47:15.090058+00:00
First case
58
Generated
2026-02-25T21:47:15.090058+00:00
Attributed to
Case 58 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T22:07:12.198074
Generated by
ProEthica Case 58 Extraction